Wanted to post the mentioned SIG March 1960 price list here but I do not see a way to download an attachment (only URL link). So, the following will take you to my recent posting and PDF file which will display the list...
Thanks joel9507 for posting a .jpg of the price list. When the "post" box comes up, almost all the icons on the header are blacked out and I have to put my cursor on them to see...and saw nothing relating to "attachments".
To all: I only have three SIGs...the P-210, a Browning "BDA" in .45 acp (did have a German import which came and later was sold to a co-worker, which I should have kept and years later was replaced when I got the BDA), and a Ex-German Police P-6. I only ever owned one other SIG. It was acquired in 1983 and the story bears telling.
Was at a collector show in Buena Park, Ca. when a friend came up and pointed out a gentleman whom was walking around with a SIG for sale. I approached him just as he stopped at a vendor's table. After a brief conversation he handed the pistol over to him...a mint SP 47/8 in the green box, which was accompanied with a boxed .22 conversion unit in like condition. About the same time another guy stepped up on the other side of the seller and I could see where this might be going. I asked the gentleman if I might speak to him about his pistol when he was finished talking to the man behind the table and said no more. The guy to his left said something as well, but could not hear what it was. In any event, the table holder looked over the set and asked what he wanted for them...the price was $500.00!
The owner said he was formerly an airline pilot and had purchased the pair while in Switzerland in 1956. When the vendor inquired what offers he had received, he stated "One for $350.00 but really hoped to get what he paid for them." One look at the merch on the vendor's table told me this guy was not going to buy the set and as he handed them back to the seller, said to come back if he had no luck! At that moment I asked the gentleman to please follow me to my friend's table, which he did (with competitor in tow). Soon as we got there I asked to see the pistol/conversion unit and they were handed to me. Five seconds later I told him they were a fine set and I would be pleased to give him his full asking price of $500.00. About the same time the (former) competitor drifted away. The seller beamed a smile and was ecstatic with my offer. He mentioned everybody was trying to work him over on the price and all he wanted to do was recoup what he had paid for them. My response was to thank him profusely and said I was equally pleased as well. After the man walked off I pulled out a fifty dollar bill from my wallet and handed it to my friend for finding and turning me onto the seller.
Originally posted by pwcosol: I told him they were a fine set and I would be pleased to give him his full asking price of $500.00. About the same time the (former) competitor drifted away. The seller beamed a smile and was ecstatic with my offer. He mentioned everybody was trying to work him over on the price and all he wanted to do was recoup what he had paid for them. My response was to thank him profusely and said I was equally pleased as well. After the man walked off I pulled out a fifty dollar bill from my wallet and handed it to my friend for finding and turning me onto the seller.
Great story!
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