Authenticity Issues

Bud · 07-06-2002, 06:04 AM

The problem, I believe, has arisen from inflated specualtive values placed on collectibles for the purpose of investing in "firearms futures", by people just interested in making not just a great profit, but an immense profit that can be the subject of folk tales and urban legends(example, some feller bought a $200 luger and resold it for $50k, that kind of legend or notoriety).
There have even been infomercials on investing in collectible market goods, when the economy sours.
I know of a dealer right now that has a recent import G or K 43, AC 44, import marked, mismatch, with repaired stock, and good plus bore, for $1550, and I expect it will continue to stay there in that shop, until they sell it on one of the auction sites all hyped up as a rare German collectible, and they might score somewhere around $1200 to $1400 by someone gullible. I sure wouldn't pay that amount, for that one or any of them, cause they were not that great of a rifle anyway.
As far as lugers go, I aint paying over inflated prices either.

07-06-2002, 06:04 AM	#3
Bud User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The problem, I believe, has arisen from inflated specualtive values placed on collectibles for the purpose of investing in "firearms futures", by people just interested in making not just a great profit, but an immense profit that can be the subject of folk tales and urban legends(example, some feller bought a $200 luger and resold it for $50k, that kind of legend or notoriety). There have even been infomercials on investing in collectible market goods, when the economy sours. I know of a dealer right now that has a recent import G or K 43, AC 44, import marked, mismatch, with repaired stock, and good plus bore, for $1550, and I expect it will continue to stay there in that shop, until they sell it on one of the auction sites all hyped up as a rare German collectible, and they might score somewhere around $1200 to $1400 by someone gullible. I sure wouldn't pay that amount, for that one or any of them, cause they were not that great of a rifle anyway. As far as lugers go, I aint paying over inflated prices either.