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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 3649236" data-attributes="member: 45773">Mine was more of a &quot;selling my ex-husband&#039;s crap after our divorce&quot; sale...&nbsp; Stumbled on to it by chance in Evergreen, CO.&nbsp; Saw a very old Leupold scope on a table with odd, military-like numbers...like maybe a serial number.&nbsp; Wasn&#039;t sure.&nbsp; I had a few other things and asked about the scope.&nbsp; She asked me if it was worth $10?&nbsp; I said it was to me and took it home.I couldn&#039;t find anything online so I called Leupold customer service.&nbsp; The rep I talked to was more interested in making sure I understood the scope was still under warranty and they would repair it if they could.&nbsp; I finally convinced him I just wanted information and described the scope.&nbsp; He asked me to take a picture and send it to him so I did.About 2 or 3 weeks later I got an envelope in the mail.&nbsp; Inside the envelope was a letter describing the scope, when it was made, when it was first offered for sale, model #, etc...&nbsp; Also included was a photocopy of a magazine ad from 1953 or 54...can&#039;t remember...of the scope and the price was $79 back then.&nbsp; He wasn&#039;t sure what the significance of the numbers were but said scopes were often submitted for testing to various organizations, including the military, and it&#039;s possible it was one of those.I put the scope and information packet from Leupold on GunBroker and the winning bid was almost $600.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 3649236, member: 45773"] Mine was more of a "selling my ex-husband's crap after our divorce" sale... Stumbled on to it by chance in Evergreen, CO. Saw a very old Leupold scope on a table with odd, military-like numbers...like maybe a serial number. Wasn't sure. I had a few other things and asked about the scope. She asked me if it was worth $10? I said it was to me and took it home. I couldn't find anything online so I called Leupold customer service. The rep I talked to was more interested in making sure I understood the scope was still under warranty and they would repair it if they could. I finally convinced him I just wanted information and described the scope. He asked me to take a picture and send it to him so I did. About 2 or 3 weeks later I got an envelope in the mail. Inside the envelope was a letter describing the scope, when it was made, when it was first offered for sale, model #, etc... Also included was a photocopy of a magazine ad from 1953 or 54...can't remember...of the scope and the price was $79 back then. He wasn't sure what the significance of the numbers were but said scopes were often submitted for testing to various organizations, including the military, and it's possible it was one of those. I put the scope and information packet from Leupold on GunBroker and the winning bid was almost $600. [/QUOTE]

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