Rarity or Condition?

[TC]

there you go....that's the problem with "collecting" lugers. i think we need to redefine what "collecting" and "collectors" are. if your "collecting" is merely based on "bringing a premium" on an investment then perhaps you are really just a "broker" or an "investment collector" or simply put a "dealer". i hate to give the term "dealer" a bad name, but when there's a dollar to be made someone is going to lose. and most of the time it's the buyer. it's a necesary evil we have to contend with in a hobby we all love. i've seen a ton of mismatched reblued lugers on line lately and they are the best chance we have of getting inflatted prices down and "honesty" back into the hobby. when dealers see that people won't pay the high prices for "all matching" and collector lugers then the funny stuff might stop and realistic prices might resurface. but it does seem to be a sellers market and until buyers wise up more "funny stuff" will show up. now i gotta go shine up my all matching, 98% blue / 90% straw 1917 DWM. <img src="graemlins/soapbox.gif" border="0" alt="[soapbox]" /> <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" /> <img src="graemlins/icon107.gif" border="0" alt="[icon107]" /> <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[burnout]" /> <img src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" border="0" alt="[offtopic]" />