A Remington-Eliot Ring Trigger Four Barreled DerringerAs an aficionado of auctions, I can say that this is, without a doubt, the largest collection of historical firearms I’ve ever seen assembled outside of a museum. They’ve got everything from primitive firearms to modern rifles. But the highlights for many will be the large number of old American revolvers and the staggering collection of Lugers — at least 122 Lugers up for sale.

1. Luger Serial Number Identification
2. 1940 German Luger Markings

Some of the highlightsI’m not sure how to properly contextualize this collection. Original Lugers were produced from 1900 to 1945 by several different manufacturers. No one can even begin to estimate how many were made. They’re still highly prized collectibles, though their relative value is determined more by condition than scarcity. I often see a Luger pop up in my local gun store. Usually it will be in good shooting condition, but will have had most of its collectable value diminished by either having been refinished, or having mismatched parts.These were service guns, for the most part, and the Germans kept finding opportunities to put them into service. That’s certainly true of many of these guns, though the majority have been very well cared for.

All of them came from the an unnamed collectoris an early 1900 DWM pistol/carbine. It has its holster and shoulder stock, and wood-based magazines.

Heritage has rated its finish as 99 percent blue finish with 80-90 percent of its straw colors. This is one of those ultra rare guns in impeccable shape.

Opening price? Anticipated selling price? Rare French marked DWM Model P08 Luger semi-auto pistol. Opening price: $6,000is a Luger with a story. The, which ended World War I, stipulated that Germany couldn’t keep making weapons of war. This included Lugers. But they did.

Luger Serial Number Identification

1940 German Luger Markings

Mauser began producing guns with a “K” in the serial number to encode the date of manufacture. And Heritage has two.

This German Mauser K Date Model P08 S-42 Luger Semi-Automatic Pistol was made in 1936 is rated as “Fine” with 94-96 percent finish. It will open at $7,200 and is expected to bring more than twice that price. Swiss Model 1900 Luger semi-auto pistol with holster. Opening bid: $4,200. The time is rightI’ve never seen a collection come up for sale like this before. Luger collectors will be paying attention, I’m sure. But there’s another angle to this.

If you were at an auction and one Luger came up for sale, everyone would fight over it. But with so many to choose from, odds are some of these will sell for realistic prices. And if you’ve got the money to invest, this may be your chance. The lowest priced Luger is, as I write this up, $450.