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kubel · 08-09-2013, 11:24 PM

I wouldn't use Ebay to determine the "going price" for things like these. Gunbroker prices are probably a little more realistic although I've seen some stuff go very high there as well.

The problem with Ebay (actually one of dozens) is that they don't have a 15-minute rule like many other auction sites have. This creates a bidding frenzy in the last few minutes of the auction which drives prices sky high sometimes. I watched a common set of K98 ammo pouches go to almost $400 within the last few minutes of the auction because two bidders went after each other. As far as I was concerned, both ended up being losers in that auction.

Edward Tinker · 08-09-2013, 11:50 PM

never seems like those bidding wars are on the items I am selling

And with tools, just like lugers, each marking can make a huge difference in price.

And, the pictures are long gone, so no idea what markings it has.

kubel · 08-09-2013, 11:58 PM

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never seems like those bidding wars are on the items I am selling

Same here! The bidding wars only start the second I bid on something!

klaus 3338 · 08-10-2013, 03:07 AM

I owned 11000 tools but I never find this 4 lobe C / M. But I would have paid "only" $ 200 US.

ithacaartist · 08-10-2013, 06:41 PM

Crown M proof signifies Navy, right? But according to Klaus' observation--not another in 11,000--then this suggests fake. Then again, evidence of absence is not the same absence of evidence. I'm anxious to hear more... We haven't heard from Ron Wood yet; I'll bet he will have a juicy tidbit for us about this piece.

lugerholsterrepair · 08-10-2013, 07:26 PM

Crown M proof signifies Navy, right? Not in this case.

klaus 3338 · 08-11-2013, 02:59 AM

Matching tools have one of the acceptance marks we can find on the Luger. The tools are as rare as we can find the acceptance on the receivers. There are not many Lugers or tools with 4 lobes C/M. (I saw several of them but not one for my collection.)

08-09-2013, 11:50 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,960 Thanks: 2,062 Thanked 4,592 Times in 2,114 Posts	never seems like those bidding wars are on the items I am selling And with tools, just like lugers, each marking can make a huge difference in price. And, the pictures are long gone, so no idea what markings it has. __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

08-10-2013, 06:41 PM	#5
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,369 Thanks: 7,432 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,378 Posts	Crown M proof signifies Navy, right? But according to Klaus' observation--not another in 11,000--then this suggests fake. Then again, evidence of absence is not the same absence of evidence. I'm anxious to hear more... We haven't heard from Ron Wood yet; I'll bet he will have a juicy tidbit for us about this piece. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

08-10-2013, 07:26 PM	#6
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Crown M proof signifies Navy, right? Not in this case. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

08-11-2013, 02:59 AM	#7
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 519 Thanks: 0 Thanked 416 Times in 162 Posts	Matching tools have one of the acceptance marks we can find on the Luger. The tools are as rare as we can find the acceptance on the receivers. There are not many Lugers or tools with 4 lobes C/M. (I saw several of them but not one for my collection.) Attached Images

08-09-2013, 11:24 PM	#1
kubel User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 124 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts	I wouldn't use Ebay to determine the "going price" for things like these. Gunbroker prices are probably a little more realistic although I've seen some stuff go very high there as well. The problem with Ebay (actually one of dozens) is that they don't have a 15-minute rule like many other auction sites have. This creates a bidding frenzy in the last few minutes of the auction which drives prices sky high sometimes. I watched a common set of K98 ammo pouches go to almost $400 within the last few minutes of the auction because two bidders went after each other. As far as I was concerned, both ended up being losers in that auction.

08-10-2013, 03:07 AM	#4
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 519 Thanks: 0 Thanked 416 Times in 162 Posts	I owned 11000 tools but I never find this 4 lobe C / M. But I would have paid "only" $ 200 US.