GB listings for May, 2015 - Yugoslavian

[running-man]

Three months in and I think I've finally hit my stride.  24 Yugos this month, $285 low, $550 high, $380.70 avg.

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

-RM


Item Link   Description   # Bids   Final Price   Model   Block Letter   Arsenal Condtion   Current Condition   RM's Notes
479219161   Yugoslavian SKS M59/66 7.62x39mm ALL MATCHING   17   $450.50    M59/66   L   Force-Matched   Very Good   Sorry man, with a replaced RSL like that it's not 'unissued'. Still a nice gun.
479358551   Yugoslavian SKS M59/66 7.62x39 w/Scope   21   $337.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   Lots of uncertain Yugos this month.
480056146   Inter Ordnance M59 66 Semi Auto Yugo SKS 7.62x39   11   $290.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Man this guy wasted no time in taking his photos down .
480407500   Yugo 59/66 SKS Rifle, 7.62x39, Matching, NR   7   $285.00    M59/66   O   Bubba   Fair   
480863304   SKS Yugo 59/66 Military Rifle 7.62X39 w Bayonnet   1   $379.00    M59/66   J   Force-Matched   Good   
480880763   Unissued 59/66 Yugo SKS with grenade launcher   5   $395.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Very Good   
481035192   Yugo 59/66 sks Good condition matching numbers   19   $382.00    M59/66   N   All-Matching   Good   
481799982   YUGO SKS MODEL 59 7.62X39   12   $415.05    M59   C   Uncertain   Good   
482092420   Yugo SKS M59/66 7.62x39   1   $350.00    M59/66   O   Bubba   Very Good   Missing the mag, bummer….
482250421   Zastava M59 SKS and Accessories 7.62x39mm   4   $400.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   I wonder if this is actually a G10, exporter modified gun?  I remember them looking very similar to this one.
482589874   Yugo SKS M59/66A1 unissued   1   $399.00    M59/66   F   Non-Matching   Good   
482646266   Yugo PAP M59/66 (SKS) Grenade Launcher 7.62X39 Nicest One I Have Ever Seen   14   $375.00    M59/66   M   All-Matching   Good   Decent looking gun here.
482715092   YUGO SKS All Matching + All Attachments + Scope   11   $400.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   
482751161   SKS - M59 Zastava   5   $405.00    M59   Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   Someone got a good deal on this one….
482889812   Yugo SKS Sporter Left Hand with Millet Red Dot   4   $550.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Someone put a good deal of work into this one.
483263153   SKS rifle legal 16" barrel 10 round 7.62x39 Properly crowned muzzle & sporter stock 7.62x39   1   $299.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   
483495069   CAI 59/66 SKS Yugoslavian 7.62X39 Yugo   8   $339.69    M59/66   N   Force-Matched   Fair   
483550000   SKS Yugo M59/66 7.62x39   1   $299.99    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Man, bubba really did a number on this one….
483635346   Yugo 59/66 SKS Matching not russian ak47 chinese   16   $370.00    M59/66   M   Uncertain   Fair   
483799643   SKS model 59/66 CAL. 7.62X39 yugo with bayonet SKS   1   $495.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   
484376664   Zastavia Serbia SKS Yugo M-59 SR#27020   1   $349.50    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   What's with the horsetrash Yugo presentations this month!?
484848938   Yugo M59 SKS New In Grease Match   21   $472.00    M59   C   Uncertain   Fair   Man that bayo sure rusted badly didn't it?
485485110   SKS Yugo 59/66 Military Rifle - Matching (7.62x39)   1   $399.95    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   One photo?  C'mon man!
485592506   Custom YUGO SKS 59/66 7.62x39 Semi Auto Carbine   1   $299.00    M59/66   L   Bubba   Fair   

[Phosphorus32]

"482646266   Yugo PAP M59/66 (SKS) Grenade Launcher 7.62X39 Nicest One I Have Ever Seen   14   $375.00    M59/66   M   All-Matching   Good   Decent looking gun here."

That is a nice looking M59/66 at a decent price    to whoever grabbed that one. 

Funny how the average price of M59/66s was about the same regardless of condition      Suggests to me that this market is driven by people who just want a low priced shooter and consequently really nice examples might be grabbed by collectors for a shooter price.

[Power Surge]

"482646266   Yugo PAP M59/66 (SKS) Grenade Launcher 7.62X39 Nicest One I Have Ever Seen   14   $375.00    M59/66   M   All-Matching   Good   Decent looking gun here."

That is a nice looking M59/66 at a decent price    to whoever grabbed that one. 

Funny how the average price of M59/66s was about the same regardless of condition      Suggests to me that this market is driven by people who just want a low priced shooter and consequently really nice examples might be grabbed by collectors for a shooter price.

My Yugo is in that kind of shape, and I paid $400 for it. I felt that was a fair price for numbers matching 60s gun in great shape.

[running-man]

"482646266   Yugo PAP M59/66 (SKS) Grenade Launcher 7.62X39 Nicest One I Have Ever Seen   14   $375.00    M59/66   M   All-Matching   Good   Decent looking gun here."

That is a nice looking M59/66 at a decent price    to whoever grabbed that one. 

Funny how the average price of M59/66s was about the same regardless of condition      Suggests to me that this market is driven by people who just want a low priced shooter and consequently really nice examples might be grabbed by collectors for a shooter price.

Mid-South really has a nice presentation.  They would pull in a good chunk of change if they were selling Russian SKSs or K98s or Lugers or whatnot...

Yugos really are the red-headed stepchild in the SKS world.  Not rare, not typically pretty, not terribly collectable.  They certainly have a ceiling on them, with only the 250/500 IO's (which in my opinion are *way* overrated) and the long barreled M59s the only two that I can think of that really get much of a premium. 

[Power Surge]

"482646266   Yugo PAP M59/66 (SKS) Grenade Launcher 7.62X39 Nicest One I Have Ever Seen   14   $375.00    M59/66   M   All-Matching   Good   Decent looking gun here."

That is a nice looking M59/66 at a decent price    to whoever grabbed that one. 

Funny how the average price of M59/66s was about the same regardless of condition      Suggests to me that this market is driven by people who just want a low priced shooter and consequently really nice examples might be grabbed by collectors for a shooter price.

Mid-South really has a nice presentation.  They would pull in a good chunk of change if they were selling Russian SKSs or K98s or Lugers or whatnot...

Yugos really are the red-headed stepchild in the SKS world.  Not rare, not typically pretty, not terribly collectable.  They certainly have a ceiling on them, with only the 250/500 IO's (which in my opinion are *way* overrated) and the long barreled M59s the only two that I can think of that really get much of a premium.

I guess the allure for me (and probably others), is the grenade attachment that makes it unique. Take that off, and it's nothing special over any other SKS. And the irony there is the M59 "plain" version is much more rare, lol.

[Phosphorus32]

Yup, it's a bit odd that these aren't highly valued.  Seems true in general of Yugoslavian firearms. I guess they are still widely available from retailers or were recently widely available (M57/M70 Tokarevs, M48s, M24/47/52s, etc.). It seems that as these dry up, the nice M59/66s will increase in value and collectability but predicting such subjective concepts as collectability is a bit of a fools errand 

[SKhiSm 59-66A1]

They certainly have a ceiling on them, with only the 250/500 IO's (which in my opinion are *way* overrated) and the long barreled M59s the only two that I can think of that really get much of a premium.

Mitchell Arms 59/66 might rate some premium but there's never again going to be enough of them being offered at once to really test the market. I beat myself to death for over a year trying to find a 2nd one after buying the one I have, using my best google-fu I found a couple of other ppl that own one and plan to go on owning it, and Withergyld referenced one in his raw data serial table. In all the internet, that's all I was able to find of allegedly 200 rifles.

At one time I thought one of those IO's was the one to have but it seems some of them at least weren't machined all that great. The Mitchell had a better reputation for quality in it's time, they just don't get talked about anymore because of the whole teak claim, Mauser doctoring and so on..fit and finish on mine is great, to me anyway. Cherry's can get pretty nice too.