GB listings for November, 2016 - Russian

[running-man]

And the bottom drops out of the market.  Only 32 for sale this month, low for the year!

Lowest Sale Price: $380.56
Avg. Sale Price: $639.58
Highest Sale Price: $1499.00
Tula Avg. Price: $662.56
Izhevsk Avg. Price: $N/A
As-Issued Avg. Price: $822.00

Please let me know any feedback (good or bad) to these.

If you have an objection or observation to add to anything I've listed, by all means call it out.  Let's look at it long and hard (I only look at each listing for a minute or two at most) and maybe everyone can learn a thing or two! 

-RM

Item Link   Description   # Bids   Final Price   Year   Arsenal   Arsenal Condition   Current Condition   S/N   RM's Notes

595803075   Russian SKS 1954 Tula All Original Norinco Izhmash   2   $1,324.00    1954   Tula   As-Issued   Good   ГT1020   Laughable price for this gun. As-issued 54's are a dime a dozen.  It's nice, but the buyer paid $700 too much on this one in my opinion.
600705226   Russian SKS rifle 7.62x39 FREE SHIP All Matching   13   $795.00    1958   Tula   As-Issued   Good   TУ969_K   Beauty.
596170498   Russian SKS 1951r 7.62X39   1   $649.99    1951   Tula   As-Issued   Good   ПЮ1501   Nice gun, terrible photos.
599057470   RUSSIAN SKS RIFLE BLADE BAYONET 7.62X39MM   1   $519.00    1958   Tula   As-Issued   Fair   УЮ2076_K   Man that's a heck of a Sino-Banian score there.  Real Beauty!
600386084   Russian SKS Rifle   1   $600.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Uncertain   I guess it's Russian.
596393219   Russian SKS 7.62x39 excellent condition   2   $505.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   AO6362   That is a classic "strip the shellac and hit it with Minwax Special Walnut #224 & a coat of poly".  Looks unnatural.  Not worth the 5 bills IMO.
595960033   Russian SKS 1954 Tula 7.62X39mm   1   $400.00    1954   Tula   Bubba   Fair   AK8475   Not the best specimen.  That stock wasn't on the gun at import, likely a home bubba swap with another Russian.
595501533   GREAT RUSSIAN SKS 7.62MM SEMI-AUTO CARBINE NIB NR   28   $899.99    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   KИ7487   Man, 9 bills for a heavy furb.  I don't know about that one.
597113321   Beautiful Russian SKS Matching 7.62x39 CA OK C&R   1   $795.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   CO4104   Likely a '55 gun with that CO prefix and the feature set.
595760145   Russian SKS   1   $775.00    1954   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
600957207   Russian Model SKS Rifle 7.62X39 Russia 1955R 7.62   47   $695.00    1955   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ФB3277   Despite the '55 cover, the gas tube takedown lever says this one is a '53 or '54.
594202199   Russian SKS-45 1953 TULA AK AR 100% Matching!   5   $680.00    1953   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   HT2031   
599124370   * Russian SKS 7.62x39 semi rifle * Tula Russia   17   $630.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   Uncertain   Crazy money for a listing like this.
583945967   1951 Tula Russian SKS 7.62x39 Rifle with Bayonet   1   $599.00    1951   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   OC5585   
594735907   Russian SKS   16   $550.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Heavy Refurbished   Good   ГT3870   Lots of bidding on this one, I guess because of the box?!
600483912   Russian SKS Tula 1953 ex-DDR Liski   17   $515.00    1953   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   MT5952   Remember that "Liski" is now "Irkutsk"
596950633   1952 TULA SKS - Beautiful Condition - MUST SEE Super condition- Matching Serial Numbers   5   $455.00    1952   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Good   CK2836   Meh. :/
596946019   Russian SKS-45 Rifle 7.62x39 Matching SKS 1950 C&R   18   $450.00    1950   Tula   Heavy Refurbished   Fair   MA1926   Look very closely and tell me why this gun is *not* a 1950 SKS (despite what the cover says).
598505665   Original Russian SKS   1   $750.00    1958   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   TЮ7970_K   Nice gun, I'm calling it a light furb though based on the slightly off color of the stock.
600786371   New Tula Russian SKS rifle w/ Original Box   1   $750.00    1958   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   PИ5853_K   Man, w/o that XXX'd stock, I'd have a hard time telling this one is a refurb.  Nice looker.
599289904   1952 Russian Tula SKS mint No Reserve Rare, Collectors grade, AK-47, Kalishnikov, AK47   18   $655.00    1952   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ЗB3521   Why 18 bids on this one?  Your guess is as good as mine!
598698989   Russian SKS matching beauty   1   $600.00    1954   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   AO5750   Meh :/
596631395   Russian SKS 7.62x39 Great Condition C&R   7   $550.00    1951   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   PB2307   Decent looker here if you like the amber laminate replacement stocks.
598348978   1955 Russian Tula SKS-Excellent   4   $525.00    1955   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   OП5675   You know, sometimes you can get *too* close for your detail shots..
595486971   Russian SKS 1954 Tula Blued Finish 762x39 Nice   20   $505.00    1954   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   ЛП1317   Nice little refurb here.
597271997   Russian Tula SKS 1956 (ex-DDR) Liski Nice   5   $480.00    1956   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   KA5354_Д   Nice Irkutsk (formerly Liski) refurb stamp on that receiver.  Neat gun.
602002580   1953 russian sks , hardwood , blade bayonet   5   $450.00    1958   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   KO6078_Д   I wonder where they get '53 from this gun?!  Not a big fan of this stock…
597703638   Russian SKS 7.62x39 1950 Original   6   $445.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Light Refurbished   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!
599334135   Russian SKS 7.62x39 1954 Matching #s   5   $430.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Light Refurbished   Uncertain   Uncertain   C'mon T+T, what's the deal with the horsetrash!??!
599112029   Russian SKS Letter Series - Matching   4   $380.56    1957   Tula   Light Refurbished   Good   УO4621_И   Not the best of photos, heck of a price though.
598266502   Russian Simonov SKS WAR TROPHY 7.62 x 39 rifle Soldier bring back original pleiku rvn tet offensi   1   $1,499.00    1955   Tula   Uncertain   Poor   Uncertain   What a horsetrash listing….
599051422   SKS RUSSIAN UNISSUED.EXCELLENT CONDITION. RARE.   1   $610.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   H-O-R-S-E-T-R-A-S-H!!!