GB listings for March, 2015 - Yugoslavian

[running-man]

March Yugo GB listings.

Please let me know what you think (good or bad, I can take it  ).  Also, if you are the seller or buyer of one of these auctions and I've singled you out for one reason or another, and you simply don't like it, by all means call me out.  I'm happy to revisit anything in here and correct the record if I've gotten it wrong.  Condition designators are open to interpretation as well, I think I might be missing quite a few details due to the number of guns rising steadily from the Alby, Romy, and NVA/EG/NK style rifle sales...  I'm beginning to see some severe limitations in the VG/G/F/P scale that means it may need some tweaking.


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Item Number   Auction Page   Description   # Bids   Final Price   Model   Block Letter   Arsenal Condtion   Current Condition   RM's Notes
472636373   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472636373   Yugoslavian Model 59/66 SKS 7.62 x 39mm + Scope   14   $699.00    M59/66   H   All-Matching   Very Good   To be honest, I don't know how a Yugo, any Yugo, gets to 7 benjamins.  This one is nice, but not that nice.
473675471   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=473675471   YUGO YUGOSLAVIAN MODEL 59 SKS , NOT 59/66   1   $545.00    M59   C   Force-Matched   Very Good   Nice C Block M59 with the non-Elm wood.  It's teak right Greasemonkey? ROFLMAO.  (That was sarcasm, for you newbies reading this Yugos did not come in Teak!)
469987515   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=469987515   Yugo Zastava M59/66A1 SKS in Very Good Condtion   1   $529.99    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Lots of photos, but not lots of detail in them.
473961879   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=473961879   Unissused Yugoslavian Yugo SKS 59/66   1   $500.00    M59/66   B (late)   Force-Matched   Very Good   Pretty late B block gun, not 5 benjamins pretty though.
470245874   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=470245874   Yugo SKS 59/66 Like New Unissued   15   $490.00    M59/66   B (late)   Uncertain   Uncertain   Pretty gun, but man those are some absolutely terrible pictures. 
474478143   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=474478143   SKS ZASTAVA YUGOSLAVIA BAYONET & GRENADE LAUNCHER TYPE M59 PENNY AUCTION APOCOLYPSE SPECIAL   4   $469.00    M59/66   F   Force-Matched   Good   Why is this an apocalypse special?  Pretty bizarro title name there.
474387484   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=474387484   Excellent Yugo SKS Rifle Looks Almost New!   1   $449.00    M59/66   T   Force-Matched   Very Good   A T block gun.  Not one you see every day, especially with that wood grain.  Is it elm?  I'm going to say Beech or Birch maybe?
472826795   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472826795   Yugo SKS OD Stock Coyote Tan metal by Dura Coat   1   $445.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   I've seen it all now.  Pink might have been more appropriate….
473291350   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=473291350   Yugo 59 sks 7.62x39 No Reserve   18   $436.99    M59   C   Uncertain   Good   C block M59.  Very nice looker.
474217430   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=474217430   YUGO SKS 59/66A1 7.62x39   10   $435.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Very Good   That's your classic looking M59/66 right there fellas. 
470053364   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=470053364   SKS 59/66 Yugoslavian 7.62x39 EXC cosmo'd/new   1   $429.00    M59/66   G   Uncertain   Very Good   I'm taking this guy's word for it that it's all matching.  It looks like a very nice gun all-in-all, could have used a few more photos.
472818500   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472818500   YUGO SKS M59/66 Tactical 25 rnd Mag Pistol Grip   1   $429.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Holy Mackerel Andy!  What the hell did they do to the poor front of that gun?
474698751   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=474698751   Yugo, SKS w/ granade laucher and Bayonet   9   $429.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Non-Matching   Good   Wow  $429 for a non matching Yugo?  I wonder what 'ugly betty' would fetch Blicero?
472713832   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472713832   Yugo 59/66 SKS Original #s match, no import marks   13   $409.00    M59/66   G   All-Matching   Very Good   I wonder if this one was missed during the import mark or if it has one and the seller just missed it?  Pretty rare to see a non-import marked Yugo….
472012124   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472012124   SKS YUGO Zastava COLECTORS penny auction   34   $405.00    M59/66   I   Bubba   Good   When the stock 1" rubber buttpad isn't enough, bubba slips on another one!  34 bids, seriously?!
471085309   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471085309   YUGO SKS very good condition Semi auto   5   $400.00    M59/66   H   Uncertain   Good   Bill May, is that you?  Don't point that thing at your wife!!!
471680028   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471680028   SKS 7.62x39 Yugo Military Rifle 59/66 - Matching   1   $399.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Come on tsgaas  This auction is embarrassing.  Even more embarrassing is that it sold for 4 Benjamins.
471673703   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471673703   Yugo Yugoslavian SKS 7.62x39mm Semi auto rifle   1   $389.99    M59/66   C (late)   Uncertain   Very Good   Nice late C block.  The tag reads "with soft (?)rown (??)se"?  That's somewhat concerning.
471331412   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471331412   Yugo SKS 5966 W/Grenade Launcher Night Sights   14   $380.00    M59/66   G   Uncertain   Good   Take note of this auction.  If you have a special gun you want to sell, take photos and do the presentation like this guy!!  What a joy to finally see an auction with some decent photos all the way down to both CAI stamps on either side of the barrel.  I don't think his presentation got him tons extra $$, but it's the right way to do things.  Kudos to highway14antiques!
472716227   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472716227   Yugo SKS ALL SERIAL NUMBERS MATCH   1   $380.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Fair   I saw the Mosin and almost had an aneurism, but then finally saw the SKS and realized it's not too bad a looker.  Too bad about that mismatching handguard….
471853561   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471853561   SKS, NEW WITH GRENADE LAUNCHER SKS ALL MATCHING   5   $375.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Very Good   Think this could be one of the IO 500?  If it was, would it really matter?
474214556   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=474214556   YUGO SKS 59/66 7.62x39   7   $375.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Good   Only gets the bubba because of the unnatural looking Stock refinish.  That was probably a nice rifle before it was 'improved'.  Still, it's probably a very good shooter and that stock does look almost new.  It's really only the telltale Yugo S/N on it gives it away. 
469392461   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=469392461   KBI Yugo SKS 7.62x39 1970's No Reserve   19   $365.00    M59/66   O   Force-Matched   Fair   O block, not a terrible gun for the money I guess.  I just noticed that the KBI import stamp is different from the later laser etched imports, interesting.
472406438   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472406438   SKS 7.62 X 39 with bayonet   20   $361.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Does this banana magazine make me look fat?
475468804   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=475468804   SKS RIFLE 59/66 YUGO 7.62X39 grip rail laser mag   1   $360.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   I cringe when I see the words SKS and laser in anyone's title.
474089504   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=474089504   Yugo Model 59 SKS   4   $360.00    M59   C   Force-Matched   Fair   Decent enough M59.  Dark finish on the wood, nice bayo.
471855960   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471855960   SKS Model 59/66 Yugo 7.62x39   1   $360.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Not much to say about this one….
471685772   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471685772   YUGO 59 SKS   5   $351.00    M59   C   Force-Matched   Fair   Not sure where this guy gets his information that "SKSs can never be imported again."  Maybe just trying to talk up his own auction, but that is 100% not true.  At any rate, a decent early C block M59, though whoever 'cleaned' that bayo to make it shiny needs taken out behind the woodshed and beaten.
474020691   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=474020691   Zastava M59/66 SKS   29   $351.00    M59/66   G   All-Matching   Good   These penny auctions sure can amass quite a few bids!  Not a horrible example here, good G block gun.
473927095   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=473927095   Yugoslavian CAI M59/66 SKS 7.62x39 W/ Bayonet   14   $350.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Man that sure looks like a Beech Stock to me.  Seller says S/N's, including stock match, but unless they photoshopped the number out, I don't see one on the stock???
469986776   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=469986776   CAI Yugo SKS Semi-Auto Rifle 59/66A1 7.62x39   19   $345.00    M59/66   H   Bubba   Fair   Ever wonder how Tapco got the nickname "Crapco"?  This gun should make you understand!
472046236   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472046236   Yugo SKS 7.62x39 w/Bayonet Very Accurate CR   4   $345.00    M59/66   Uncertain   Uncertain   Fair   Decent enough gun, but it's hard to pull the trigger based on 4 wide view photos
471182072   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471182072   Yugoslavia Type 59 SKS Rifle   1   $339.00    M59   C   Non-Matching   Fair   I think one of our members snagged this one.  This one is the steal of the month in the Yugo section, even in mismatched condition.  Heck of a decent M59 and the stock decal only adds to the intrigue.
470545611   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=470545611   Yugoslavian SKS M59 7.62x39 GOOD CONDITION!   13   $330.00    M59   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Does this banana magazine make me look fat?
472967431   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472967431   SKS 7.62x39 Yugo Rifle 59/66 Folding Stock   1   $299.99    M59/66   Uncertain   Bubba   Uncertain   I have nightmares of Combat Exchange stocks in my sleep sometimes.
471814219   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471814219   SAMCO ZCZ Yugo M59/66A1 SKS 7.62x39 Non Match   1   $275.00    M59/66   O   Non-Matching   Fair   Mixmaster, about as good as you'll do for a shooter though.
472579112   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=472579112   SKS M59 YUGO NOT AK47 CHEAP   2   $275.00    M59   Uncertain   Bubba   Fair   Matching Serial Number.  Yes I said 'number' because the receiver is about the last S/N'd part that bubba hasn't gone full retard on with this one.  I lie, there are a magazine and receiver cover floating about in the photos, but what's with the rust at the end of the barrel?  Just because your name is Rust Armament doesn't mean you have to sell rusty SKS's!

[Phosphorus32]

Good gravy man! That's a lot of work.  Nice job! 

7 bills is a bit crazy to me too.  Of course my only Yugo is a $200 mixmaster 

[Loose}{Cannon]

seven bills   

[Blicero]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471085309
That's not Bill. But he is a genius. I'm going to start displaying my face alongside my gun in auction presentations. Sexiness + firepower = money. See you in the French Riviera, peons.

He reminds me of another guy who slung a bunch of guns on a forum trader. He took pics on a webcam while holding up the guns. The funny part was he was always making these strained, tense faces, as if he were splitting atoms trying to get that webcam to snap a shot. When you viewed the photos as a slideshow it played out like a bad flipbook animation of goofy faces.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Who wouldnt buy a Yugo from Santa?

[Worm]

you're doing this every month?!

You crazy, good stuff though, I like alot

[Phosphorus32]

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=471085309
That's not Bill. But he is a genius. I'm going to start displaying my face alongside my gun in auction presentations. Sexiness + firepower = money. See you in the French Riviera,

That's hilarious. If pic 3 had been on a table it would have been a great "Kilroy was here" shot.

Now this guy has a different approach to marketing. Too bad it's been pimp shined (not a Yugo). His marketing isn't helping though, it appears.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=476047852

[running-man]

you're doing this every month?!

You crazy, good stuff though, I like alot

We'll see how long I can keep it up. I hosed myself by changing the condition designators midstream so I'm having to go back and change my spreadsheet to accommodate the new designators.  I'm making the spreadsheet automatic though, all I need to do is import the entire month's GB listings (takes about 10 minutes) and then from there sort and categorize.  I'm hoping that future months are a breeze.

I haven't put up ending summaries of each country yet either.  Eventually it'll automatically calculate the average of each different condition, (which is what Boomer and Kevin used to do) and maybe indicate the high and low guns with a different color or something.  The key is reducing the manual input to minimal levels.  I may not be able to keep up the 'RM notes' for each and every gun, or I may have to drop the Chinese section entirely as it has something like 155 guns at the moment.  Doing just the Russians or just the Yugos should be a piece of cake though...

I'm thinking about dropping the image of the spreadsheet and just going with the PDF and the pasted (albeit hard to read) text).  The image is impossible to easily read, you can't click the links, and it seems redundant and worthless.

[Worm]

Ya lost me at condition designators.  Regardless, I'm sure you'll do a great job.

Always nice to see the going prices. Really wish I was around in the 90's to buy these when they were cheap. Prices just keepa risin'

[Phosphorus32]

Sounds like you've got a good system going RM. 

Need one of those fancy text recognition algorithms from the NSA. I'm sure they'd share it    Actually, Google's system is probably a lot better 

[SKhiSm 59-66A1]

Welcome back RM thanks for all the work you've put into that. I didn't keep up my watch list real well after buying in the middle of the month I slacked for a while, so I had missed some of those. I did buy the M59 you referred to and I like it fine, the bore is hazed with still decent rifling.

I keep forgetting to mention (even forgot to put it in my pics) this rifle had a crack in the stock right behind the top cover. It doesn't run too far and there is a spot on the side of the stock that may be a repair attempt, possibly a wood dowel driven in. I wanted to get that out there in the interest of honest evaluation of the worth of the deal, and I'll add pics of it in my post asap.

Next month will have a 683 $ Cherry's that went a couple of days ago, and I think maybe 1 or 2 others since have gone mid to upper 500 range.

[running-man]

37 guns this month. Avg. right at $400, low of $275, and a high of $699.  Lots of spread in the yugos, they are hard to judge via online auctions.

[Loose}{Cannon]

Yeah...  yugos are hard to put a thumb on as to where any given price will land.   :-*q