Talking to an older Luger collector

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by wlyon

...for 19.95 ea. However, for me anyway, twenty dollars was a lot of money.

Ah, yes, I remember looking at some nice ones available at a dealer/range place in the early 70s, and almost soiling myself when told a nice matching pistol cost $300! But with inflation. the dollar was worth about 7 times what it is now, so things are still not far from that...

Back then I also visited a collector named Hockeborn in Auburn, NY who had a basement room full. I left the brief tour with my head swimming from all the different variations he had on display. It would be almost 40 years later that I bought my first, however--a 1917 DWM Artillery with the stock lug ground off. Too bad, because it is in great condition otherwise, and the only Luger I own about which there is no question as to the originality of its finish. Do any of the forum sages remember that collector?