Borchardt 874

Michael Zeleny · 07-30-2011, 08:02 PM

Sold today at Amoskeag for $16,000.00 + 15%. A high price for a worn gun with accessories gone AWOL.

Edward Tinker · 07-30-2011, 09:07 PM

oh, I like that Auction house, went there once and it was fun.

ed

sheepherder · 07-31-2011, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael Zeleny

A high price for a worn gun...

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...Did I read the wrong auction???

serial #874...fine, bright bore...beautiful pistol...retains 95% plus of the original blue finish...checkered wooden grips...are in excellent condition...stock is in fine-near excellent condition...a simply excellent example of Hugo Borchardt's brainchild...

Sounds to me like the find of the century...A Borchardt like no other...

Michael Zeleny · 07-31-2011, 08:00 AM

Compare No. 900 in Hermann Historica's Auction 61, a much better buy in a far higher condition with all accessories, even with reproduction leather, even at 19,000 Euros plus 23%. By contrast, No. 874 is just a nice shooter.

sheepherder · 07-31-2011, 07:01 PM

I was just kidding...

It's really illuminating to read some of the descriptions on auction sites...One of our members consigned a Persian Artillery Luger to RIAC, and although he seemed to get a good final bid on it, he admitted that RIAC had taken liberties with the description he had provided...

I don't mind factual descriptions and presumed heritage, but overstating its' condition is a bit much...

07-30-2011, 08:02 PM	#1
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 138 Times in 76 Posts	Borchardt 874 Sold today at Amoskeag for $16,000.00 + 15%. A high price for a worn gun with accessories gone AWOL. __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

07-31-2011, 08:00 AM	#4
Michael Zeleny Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 525 Thanks: 129 Thanked 138 Times in 76 Posts	Compare No. 900 in Hermann Historica's Auction 61, a much better buy in a far higher condition with all accessories, even with reproduction leather, even at 19,000 Euros plus 23%. By contrast, No. 874 is just a nice shooter. __________________ Michael Zeleny@post.harvard.edu -- http://larvatus.livejournal.com/ -- 7576 Willow Glen Road, Los Angeles, CA 90046 -- 323.363.1860 All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett

07-31-2011, 07:01 PM	#5
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,181 Thanks: 1,398 Thanked 4,438 Times in 2,327 Posts	I was just kidding... It's really illuminating to read some of the descriptions on auction sites...One of our members consigned a Persian Artillery Luger to RIAC, and although he seemed to get a good final bid on it, he admitted that RIAC had taken liberties with the description he had provided... I don't mind factual descriptions and presumed heritage, but overstating its' condition is a bit much... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

07-30-2011, 09:07 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,909 Thanks: 1,986 Thanked 4,500 Times in 2,076 Posts	oh, I like that Auction house, went there once and it was fun. ed