Loading tool prices??

Shearwater6 · 02-23-2013, 10:06 PM

Just picked up a loading tool off eBay, WW1, crown marked for $56.
Can anyone tell me what would the difference be between my one and one that has an asking price of over say $200.
Assuming mine is not a fake??!!

spartacus38 · 02-23-2013, 10:36 PM

Original one are going for approx $175 to $200.
Bob

Shearwater6 · 02-24-2013, 03:06 AM

So you think mines a fake? Will post a pic as soon as work out how to do it

Vlim · 02-24-2013, 07:20 AM

Well, sometimes you get lucky and things are sold way under their market value.

Last year I bought a very nice, all original Imperial military C96 for about $700. Just because nobody else bid on it. It happens.

Shearwater6 · 02-24-2013, 08:57 PM

Am believing I got lucky! Will see when it turns up....that C96 is A beauty!

lugerholsterrepair · 02-24-2013, 09:18 PM

Just picked up a loading tool off eBay, WW1, crown marked for $56.

I have noticed lately that WW1 Luger loading tools have reached some high prices..I can't explain this one for instance but it's not the only one..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW1-German-L...vip=true&rt=nc

And here is a link to your $56 tool

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Ger...p2047675.l2557

Shearwater6 · 02-26-2013, 01:22 AM

Yep that's the one!....... Look authentic????

klaus 3338 · 02-26-2013, 03:25 AM

It is authentic- it is the most often seen Imperial tool.
Some Imperial tools seem to be so rare that one can find 50 Krieghoff tools before one can find a C/N or C/G with the 4 lobe crown.

Shearwater6 · 02-26-2013, 02:45 PM

Thanks! My luger rig is complete

SIGP2101 · 02-27-2013, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlim

Last year I bought a very nice, all original Imperial military C96 for about $700. Just because nobody else bid on it. It happens.

I ll give you $750 without blink of an eye.

Shearwater6 · 03-05-2013, 07:14 PM

Loading tool arrived today and was shocked at how small these things actually are. Suppose should have been expecting this due the size of the pouch in my holster but still a suprise. Still amazed these little things go for we'll over $300!!

kubel · 03-07-2013, 09:10 PM

Yes, I just received one the other day in the mail and my wife said, "You paid what for that little thing?!?"

lew1 · 03-08-2013, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kubel

Yes, I just received one the other day in the mail and my wife said, "You paid what for that little thing?!?"

What was your answer ?

alanint · 03-08-2013, 05:54 AM

"It's bigger than you diamond ring, which cost more".....

kubel · 03-08-2013, 10:51 AM

Luckily, her reply was in jest. I collect all kinds of WWII German stuff so she's used to me bringing home things that seem trivial for the money.

Shearwater6 · 08-09-2013, 11:40 PM

Here we go again. Incredible. Am I missing something here? Or is this type of tool really worth this much??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251301055371...84.m1438.l2649

kubel · 08-10-2013, 12:24 AM

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 · 08-10-2013, 12:50 AM

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 · 08-10-2013, 12:58 AM

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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, 04:07 AM

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

02-23-2013, 10:06 PM	#1
Shearwater6 User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 32 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Loading tool prices?? Just picked up a loading tool off eBay, WW1, crown marked for $56. Can anyone tell me what would the difference be between my one and one that has an asking price of over say $200. Assuming mine is not a fake??!!

02-24-2013, 07:20 AM	#4
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02-24-2013, 09:18 PM	#6
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,940 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	Just picked up a loading tool off eBay, WW1, crown marked for $56. I have noticed lately that WW1 Luger loading tools have reached some high prices..I can't explain this one for instance but it's not the only one.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW1-German-L...vip=true&rt=nc And here is a link to your $56 tool http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Ger...p2047675.l2557 __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 l[email protected] 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."

08-10-2013, 12:50 AM	#18
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 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

02-23-2013, 10:36 PM	#2
spartacus38 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South Lake Tahoe,CA. Posts: 695 Thanks: 0 Thanked 70 Times in 56 Posts	Original one are going for approx $175 to $200. Bob

02-24-2013, 03:06 AM	#3
Shearwater6 User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 32 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	So you think mines a fake? Will post a pic as soon as work out how to do it

02-24-2013, 08:57 PM	#5
Shearwater6 User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 32 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Am believing I got lucky! Will see when it turns up....that C96 is A beauty!

02-26-2013, 01:22 AM	#7
Shearwater6 User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 32 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Yep that's the one!....... Look authentic????

02-26-2013, 03:25 AM	#8
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 517 Thanks: 0 Thanked 411 Times in 160 Posts	It is authentic- it is the most often seen Imperial tool. Some Imperial tools seem to be so rare that one can find 50 Krieghoff tools before one can find a C/N or C/G with the 4 lobe crown.

02-26-2013, 02:45 PM	#9
Shearwater6 User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 32 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Thanks! My luger rig is complete

03-05-2013, 07:14 PM	#11
Shearwater6 User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 32 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Loading tool arrived today and was shocked at how small these things actually are. Suppose should have been expecting this due the size of the pouch in my holster but still a suprise. Still amazed these little things go for we'll over $300!!

03-07-2013, 09:10 PM	#12
kubel User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 124 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts	Yes, I just received one the other day in the mail and my wife said, "You paid what for that little thing?!?"

03-08-2013, 05:54 AM	#14
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	"It's bigger than you diamond ring, which cost more".....

03-08-2013, 10:51 AM	#15
kubel User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 124 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts	Luckily, her reply was in jest. I collect all kinds of WWII German stuff so she's used to me bringing home things that seem trivial for the money.

08-09-2013, 11:40 PM	#16
Shearwater6 User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Zealand Posts: 32 Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Here we go again. Incredible. Am I missing something here? Or is this type of tool really worth this much?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/251301055371...84.m1438.l2649

08-10-2013, 12:24 AM	#17
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, 04:07 AM	#20
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 517 Thanks: 0 Thanked 411 Times in 160 Posts	I owned 11000 tools but I never find this 4 lobe C / M. But I would have paid "only" $ 200 US.