The $30K Luger at epps :)

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LUGER DWM 1902 COMMERCIAL CARBINE SEMI-AUTO .30 LUGER 11 3/4" BBL, ALL MATCHING NUMBERS, COMPLETE WITH CLIP ON SHOULDER SHOULDER STOCK, ONLY 2500 MFG, SERIAL 237XX, BRIGHT BORE, CHECKERED WALNUT GRIPS
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26950.00 + .13% Ontario HST ($3503.50) =$30453.50

Looks like it has sold! :eek: Congrats to the buyer, I wish I had that kind of change in my cup holder :p I wonder if they threw in a box of ammo with the deal :D
 
Wow. It always amazes me that someone has 30k to drop on a pistol. With 30k I could shingle my roof, do the foundation on my house, and reno a bathroom :)

Or I could have a pistol...

Don't get me wrong, I understand that to SOMEONE it's worth that much, and they likely don't have to worry about shingling a roof! Hahah
 
ghostntheshell said:
Wow. It always amazes me that someone has 30k to drop on a pistol. With 30k I could shingle my roof, do the foundation on my house, and reno a bathroom :)

Or I could have a pistol...

Don't get me wrong, I understand that to SOMEONE it's worth that much, and they likely don't have to worry about shingling a roof! Hahah
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I know what you mean. Id buy a brand new 4x4 pick up truck and a norc. lol
 
The baby Luger that came out of Canada some years ago went for a cool $225,000 US to an unnamed European collector. Serial no. 2 by the way.
 
I wonder if this pistol was exported to the U.S. for auction?

I'd be very interested to know what happened to it. It just seems like we don't as many wealthy pistol collectors to demand that kind of price?

I would be curious to see what happened to it.

-Steve
 
You guys are just cheap.

Had a cgner bought it they'd be posting asking "Where can I get surplus .30 Luger ammo cheap..?
 
Had a cgner bought it they'd be posting asking "Where can I get surplus .30 Luger ammo cheap..?
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Why what would be wrong with that? :p



So what was so special about this luger anyway? was it one of those experimental 45s?

Tohuhgt it was jsut a tpyoe
 
I never saw pictures but she probably is one of these:

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Paying $30k makes a Gewehr 43 look like simple bus fare.
 
It's funny this thread came up, as I looked (on the website) at the same pistol just last week, the same as the pistol pic'd above.

On a similarly odd note, speaking of $26,000...

I was at an art gallery yesterday looking around and came across an artistic 36" x 60" print of the iconic photo of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston, that was signed by both fighters.

It was sold too... For nearly the exact same price ($25,900).

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Commercials were in a separate serial range and included commercial 1900s and 1906s, commercial Armys, commercial Navys AND Carbines.

Early Carbine: flat mainspring, dished toggles, drum mag had not yet been invented, would have had a toggle latch as well. The FRAME was different from later guns (slightly longer) and the thing had a spring assist mechanism to help the toggle to function, the recoil of the .30 cartridge not being sufficient to operate the gun reliably. They could be ordered in various grades of finish, also, as well as embellishment. They were the absolute highest grade possible of the pre-War Luger pistol; some were even marked with Georg Luger's own stamp, being assembled under his direct supervision or by him personally.

The purchasers were happy enough with the things. One purchaser, a chap named Wilhelm von Hohenzollern, Deutscher Kaiser, Konig von Pruessen, used his with great success on deer. If you were the King, you could do that, too!

They never were cheap, listing in 1910 at 180 Marks. That got you the gun (with the late-type frame) and ONE magazine: no spares, no spare mags, no dummy mag, no dummy rounds, no cleaning kit, no nice fitted case, no GL stamp. Nice thing is that the stock DID come with it.

In the same catalogue, fully-engraved Martini-Henrys list at 58 Marks, 1888 Mauser Carbines are 54 Marks (yes: THEM!!!), or you can get a Mauser 66/71 Carbine for 12 Marks (ever see one? I sure haven't!), a Gras Carbine with bayonet for 22 Marks, a .52RF Peabody (for your Fenian Raid collection) for 16 Marks, Werndls for 8 Marks, Dreyse Needle-guns for 21 and super-rare Austrian Waenzls for 9 Marks. The VERY latest rifles, the German-type Model 1898 Mausers, were 150 Marks brand new, never a round though them, 100% ORIGINAL finish..... but you could get a substantial discount if you ordered several thousand.

The Canadian Dollar bought you 4 Marks and 25 Pfennige, so that 180-mark Carbine was $42.35..... and gold was $20 an ounce.

They were NEVER cheap.
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ghostntheshell said:
Wow. It always amazes me that someone has 30k to drop on a pistol. With 30k I could shingle my roof, do the foundation on my house, and reno a bathroom :)

Or I could have a pistol...

Don't get me wrong, I understand that to SOMEONE it's worth that much, and they likely don't have to worry about shingling a roof! Hahah
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Yeah, but some day you may want to move, and you can take a pistol with you.
 
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