Pre War Walthers

[DucatiRon]

Does anyone here know a serious Walther collector or where to get a hold of one ?

I have a friend whom has a 6.35mm PPK. He was thinking about sending it to Rock Island Auction House.

While Rock Island will take care of the gun he is concerned with the 20% selling fees. He was wondering about a private sale.

Just wanted to reach out to the great Poofa mind trust.

[wellcraft]

You can put it on gunbroker.com and save a bit on auction fees while keeping the gun in your possession. You can place a add here or guns America or any number of various gun boards that focus on collectable firearms. You can also Google Walther forums and see what pops up, I'm sure there's a Walther dedicated forum somewhere out there. Take it to a gun shop and ask them about retail value, I've done this in the past and never had an issue getting an answer even though I made it clear I wasn't interested in selling the gun to the shop.

[DucatiRon]

This is not a typical gun for Gun Broker or our forums. I checked out the Walther forums but information for high end collectables is slim there also. I really dont need to deal with pages of dopey replies for a gun that is not mine.

Just looking for good solid contact information.

Edit: I guess what I'm saying is that we already have an appraisal from Rock Island. I am looking for an educated buyer/collector to double certify the authenticity and maybe to purchase.

[Dave_n]

Look up Edward Tinker. He used to live in the Bucks County/Montgomery County border and is an expert on Walthers. I picked up a 1935 PPK from him still with the European mag release. Ed is also well known on Gunboards so he is the chap I would contact. Dave_N

[DucatiRon]

Thank you Dave. That's the kind of info I'm looking for.

[39flathead]

Why do you think it’s not for GunBroker?

A couple years ago a Mosin rifle sold for $21,000 on GB.
There are piles of collectors who buy off of GunBroker.
Heck, I just found a Chinese Tokarev non-import that should be here next week, not a high dollar collectible but they are a little hard to find.

GunBroker isn’t just for hunting rifles.

He can list it with a reserve and do a 14 day featured auction or he can list it for 30 days with just a Buy It Now price.
The only fees upfront are any “add-ons” like featured or highlighted listings.
He only pays if it sells.

Limiting the sale to a single buyer is kinda silly if it’s a real gem of a gun.
Let two or hopefully more collectors go at it trying to win it.

[skb40466]

Try Legacy Collectibles in Paoli PA. Tom is quite knowledgeable and reasonable in his negotiations. I believe the website URL is www.legacy-collectibles.com. Good luck.

Peace

[thebearpack]

Try Legacy Collectibles in Paoli PA. Tom is quite knowledgeable and reasonable in his negotiations. I believe the website URL is www.legacy-collectibles.com. Good luck.

Agreed. There's also Scotty Benedict at Pre98.com. But both of those guys are businessmen who resell, not collectors.

OP's friend has two choices:

1. Find a buyer like Tom, Scotty, RIA, etc. who will pay less than retail but will do all the work such as take excellent pictures, list on a site to solicit buyers, travel to gun shows, etc. That's the easy way but it pays less.

2. Do the actual work listed above, wait for the right buyer to come along, and then reap the benefits in the form of a retail sale.

The notion of finding a collector who will pay top dollar to a private seller with no reputation without seeing detailed pics is a pipe dream.

[DucatiRon]

Thanks for some more names. By buddy is retired and can spend some time driving to meat someone or head out to a guys shop. Not worried about that.

Just wanted another avenue besides R.I.