want to find out value

[Edward Tinker]

lets see what it looks like under different light, such as filtered day light - not direct sunlight, under a tree, near a window, etc.

Lighting can really make something look reblued or not, the shiny makes it seem reblued

If not, and original, its in really nice shape and worth over $2000 - I would say by condition $2300-2500 - however, if selling among collectors, closer to 2k

but reblued, then the value above...

Ed

[Olle]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Lighting can really make something look reblued or not, the shiny makes it seem reblued

It's not really the color and sheen that's suspicious, if you look at the top view you'll find a lot of roundovers that shouldn't be there. Some of this is visible in the rest of the pictures as well. The stamps are another giveaway, wrong size, wrong style etc. and they just don't look right at all.

I'm 99.9% sure it's a reblue. Being a 9mm, I would guesstimate $1k, give or take $100-$150 depending on how badly somebody wants it. If this was my gun, I'd try $1k on GB and see if it flies.

[rhuff]

To my old eyes, this is a definite re-blued Luger. The buffing appears in quite a few places. The prices seen above seem reasonable to me, if it is a fully functional gun.

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by Olle

It's not really the color and sheen that's suspicious, if you look at the top view you'll find a lot of roundovers that shouldn't be there. ....

no, I did not say that - I said the sheen to it makes it seem funny

okay, my point was that sometimes pictures can lie

you probably look down the bore of a luger before you buy it too?

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Olle

It's not really the color and sheen that's suspicious, if you look at the top view you'll find a lot of roundovers that shouldn't be there. Some of this is visible in the rest of the pictures as well. The stamps are another giveaway, wrong size, wrong style etc. and they just don't look right at all.

I'm 99.9% sure it's a reblue. Being a 9mm, I would guesstimate $1k, give or take $100-$150 depending on how badly somebody wants it. If this was my gun, I'd try $1k on GB and see if it flies.

My tendency is to jump onto this bandwagon--buffed, re-blued, proofs finagled. One way to judge the buffing is by the "roundness" that Olle has pointed out--flat surfaces appear softer, not flat. I also think I spy some bluing over minor blemishes/pits/scratches. $800-1000 would be my opinion, definitely under a thou.