Lord! Don't tell me you got this.

alvin · 11-05-2009, 06:34 PM

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=144196982

I tried in its earlier stage, but too low to be mentioned. Best conditioned Mauser Pocket that I've seen.

alanint · 11-05-2009, 06:53 PM

This pistol is PRECISELY why I am not surprised or overly suspicious when 99%+ Lugers turn up.

There actually were people who purchased or were given guns, (those were the good old days when a pistol was not an unusual gift) and never took them out of the box much, only to be discovered by decendants or others decades later...

Mauser George · 11-05-2009, 06:53 PM

t***6 wife is going to kill him when she finds out what he paid!

George

Curly1 · 11-06-2009, 09:26 AM

WOW that is beeeeutiful

Ice · 11-06-2009, 11:01 AM

Awesome pistol.

Charlie

Vlim · 11-06-2009, 02:41 PM

Great looking pistol. The manual was printed in 1928, if anyone cares

alvin · 11-06-2009, 06:38 PM

Missed this one because I remembered the end date wrong. Could not bid this high anyway, so not much regret. Pistols are not unlike women, pretty or not pretty does matter a little bit for some men.

Regarding the condition. Here is an analog. Feudalism Asian Emperors usually had a few hundred concubines. It's really a burden for His Majesty sleeping with all those women, so it was comon that many of them did not even see the Emperor in their lifetime. So, this Mauser Pocket played a unfortunate concubine's role, and the owner was the Emperor -- when he had many guns, it's a burden to carry all of them to the range.

saab-bob · 11-06-2009, 08:50 PM

Alvin
Very profound!

Or it could have been given as a gift to a women who stored it on the top shelf of her closet and forgot about it. She passed on and the relatives found it when they where going thru her belongings.

Thats how I got my Baby Hammerless.

Douglas Jr. · 11-09-2009, 12:04 PM

Is that price correct?
I couldn't imagine that these little pistols attract so many bidders, even if we consider it condition, box, etc...

I'm surprised!

Douglas.

alvin · 11-09-2009, 04:51 PM

I bid $1400 and stayed on the top for a few days. The best I can do in my mind was $1500. So I did not feel that I missed it. Probably it will be the best one that I can meet in my lifetime. Time will tell.

11-05-2009, 06:34 PM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Lord! Don't tell me you got this. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=144196982 I tried in its earlier stage, but too low to be mentioned. Best conditioned Mauser Pocket that I've seen.

11-06-2009, 09:26 AM	#4
Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,247 Thanks: 125 Thanked 717 Times in 374 Posts	WOW that is beeeeutiful __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

11-06-2009, 08:50 PM	#8
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	Alvin Very profound! Or it could have been given as a gift to a women who stored it on the top shelf of her closet and forgot about it. She passed on and the relatives found it when they where going thru her belongings. Thats how I got my Baby Hammerless. __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"

11-05-2009, 06:53 PM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	This pistol is PRECISELY why I am not surprised or overly suspicious when 99%+ Lugers turn up. There actually were people who purchased or were given guns, (those were the good old days when a pistol was not an unusual gift) and never took them out of the box much, only to be discovered by decendants or others decades later...

11-05-2009, 06:53 PM	#3
Mauser George User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New York Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	t***6 wife is going to kill him when she finds out what he paid! George

11-06-2009, 11:01 AM	#5
Ice User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 552 Thanks: 13 Thanked 69 Times in 57 Posts	Awesome pistol. Charlie

11-06-2009, 02:41 PM	#6
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Great looking pistol. The manual was printed in 1928, if anyone cares

11-06-2009, 06:38 PM	#7
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Missed this one because I remembered the end date wrong. Could not bid this high anyway, so not much regret. Pistols are not unlike women, pretty or not pretty does matter a little bit for some men. Regarding the condition. Here is an analog. Feudalism Asian Emperors usually had a few hundred concubines. It's really a burden for His Majesty sleeping with all those women, so it was comon that many of them did not even see the Emperor in their lifetime. So, this Mauser Pocket played a unfortunate concubine's role, and the owner was the Emperor -- when he had many guns, it's a burden to carry all of them to the range.

11-09-2009, 12:04 PM	#9
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	Is that price correct? I couldn't imagine that these little pistols attract so many bidders, even if we consider it condition, box, etc... I'm surprised! Douglas.

11-09-2009, 04:51 PM	#10
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I bid $1400 and stayed on the top for a few days. The best I can do in my mind was $1500. So I did not feel that I missed it. Probably it will be the best one that I can meet in my lifetime. Time will tell.