I know of a family that came across a longtime stored Mauser Broomhandle Cone Hammer. It's all original including furniture and case.

Patina /= NIB

Pics would be necessary to give you any kind of realistic estimate on value.

Agreed. Working on photos and serial number. Also, I have to lube and free up the mag release without doing any damage.

After removing the grips, I'd soak the whole thing in Kroil or ATF. Let that stuff do the work of freeing up the moving parts.

I started another thread on this b/c I forgot about this thread.





Anyway, C-96 is freed up and working. Action is like new, but the gun has been fired.





All numbers match.



Patina. No Rust.





Wood grips are like new.





Stock/case is like new.





Ser no. 88XX





Owner stores it in a leather zip case that he claims came with the firearm. He claims that he rescued it from the former owner who wanted to turn it into a lamp (!!!???)





Any idea what retail and/or auction value would be?

 

Assuming it's not refinished or cleaned with steel wool, that all serial numbers match, and the stock is not a reproduction or refinished and that it's really a conehammer model and still chambered in .30 Mauser then the rig should bring somewhere between $1500 and $2500.

BUT that is a lot of assumptions that can only be answered with detailed photos.

An owner's faint recollections regarding the gun are usually worthless. Just like every bubba-fied, over-polished, chrome-plated  Luger comes with the statement that "Yep, this one-of-a-kind presentation Luger was taken from the hand's of an SS officer".