Restoration value?

[mrerick]

I have matched original Lugers; mismatched original Shooter grade Lugers; refinished Lugers and one all matching reasonably rare restored Luger.

Each represents a variation that I wanted in my collection, and was acquired at a price I could afford at the time.

I paid about 60% above my original investment into my restored Luger to do the restoration. While I doubt I will get that money back for some time, I'm not planning on selling it, and these things about the Luger's value are true:

- I restored a Luger that had been improperly refinished in the past
- The high quality restoration is as close as it will ever get again to it's factory state
- It makes me happy

I imagine that you should plan on paying the cost of a typical shooter plus Ted's current restoration fee for one of his restored pistols.

Marc