GB listings for April, 2015 - Albanian

[running-man]

I've changed things up a bit to clean things up this month.  Hopefully the fancy links will work.  I'm not going to release the PDF or images, but I will make the entire spreadsheet available in the Members Only area for those who want to download and putz around with it.

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

-RM



Auction Page   Description   # Bids   Final Price   Year   Arsenal Condtion   Current Condition   RM's Notes
475048034   Albanian SKS Rifle   1   $650.00    1978   Bubba   Fair   I considered giving this one a 'bubba' arsenal condition solely based on the look of the stock.  Wood looks totally dickered to me, but I'll be the first to admit I'm no wood expert.  Then I read the description and saw the rear sight and I couldn't hit the bubba button fast enough.  What a shame.
475795683   All matching Albanian SKS 7.62x 39 1971 mfg   7   $681.00    1971   As-Issued   Good   This is a nice rifle still in the grease.  I think it's the winner this month!
475798525   Rare Albanian SKS 762x39 one of 150 of 5700   11   $505.00    Undated   Uncertain   Uncertain   Too bad they didn't include better photos.  Even still, this one was likely a steal at this price!
476100321   Albanian SKS Made in 1970 Matching Numbers   1   $400.00    1970   Refurbished   Fair   This gun's been ridden hard and put away wet.  The non-matching status (it's also got a Russian RSL) is what kept this one at $400.
476319861   ALBANIAN SKS SUPER RARE 762x39 1978 MFG   1   $599.95    1978   As-Issued   Fair   I love the history of guns, always have.  I have nothing but disdain for someone who loads up a Wikipedia page and suddenly is spewing to the masses: "The Albanian SKS was believed to be an early Simonov design that was never manufactured by other European countries."  Oh really?  Who believes that?  They deserve a kick in the nads.  How about this: Maybe, just maybe it was built with help from the Chinese who had already shown their willingness to change the original design to suit their needs??
476860550   Albanian 1969 SKS   1   $425.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Uncertain   Talk about having 4 pictures showing nothing of significance on an auction!  It's an Albanian at least, a bit rough looking wood and I certainly see some silver areas of metal.  Just a horsetrash presentation though.
479556853   Albanian SKS semi auto 7.62 X 39   13   $680.00    1971   Uncertain   Very Good   Damn that's a nice gun.  Seller could have pushed $700 with more decent photos I bet…. Horsetrash set of photos to be commanding almost 7 Benjamins.