GB listings for June, 2016 - Albanian

[running-man]

5 Albys changing hands this month.

Lowest Sale Price: $550.00
Avg. Sale Price: $641.00
Highest Sale Price: $705.00
As-Issued Avg. Price: $607.50

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 Condtion   Current Condition   RM's Notes
561068614   Albanian SKS-45 Limited/Cosmoline/#s match $99NR   19   $555.00    1969   As-Issued   Fair   Nothing particularly wrong with this one, even though the stock is in what I consider to be pretty rough shape.  My issue is with this line from the seller: "This was found on Wikipedia and confirms the above information."  So all I have to do is find something in Wikipedia and that makes it true?  Dang, we've been doing it all wrong all this time!
561683952   Albanian SKS 7.62x39 Unissued Excellent Rare   4   $705.00    Uncertain   Uncertain   Good   Likely a '70 gun, though it's hard to say.  This is a really horestrashy auction for a gun this nice.  Hard to tell if the stock is original or not, sure looks orangish to me, though I know some of the Albys looked like this.  W/o better photos it's a tossup I think.  Of course the 'unissued' statement is pure garbage intended to pimp the sale.
562484029   1967 Albanian SKS 7.62x39 cal   17   $660.00    1967   As-Issued   Fair   This is a really neat one.  Quite a good looking specimen minus the trench art and rough stock (unless you're one of the collectors that thinks foreign graffiti like that adds to the gun instead of subtracts from it *cough Blicero doesn't cough*)
563366258   ALBANIAN SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-MATCHING-1971   20   $685.00    1971   Bubba   Fair   I'm putting this one down as bubba because I think the stock is dickered.  Finish looks minwaxy and off by a mile…
566538838   Albanian sks July 10 rifle 7.62x39 good cond   1   $599.99    1969   Refurbished   Good   "this might be a very rare rifle because it does not have the double trap door for the cleaning kit or the stock might have been replaced only and expert would know"  Well I'd be the last one to call myself an 'expert' but I do know that when an Alby has no S/N on the stock, Hoxha's workers didn't ship it from Gramsh that way.   A bit high priced for what it is, but it is in pretty nice shape.

[bbush44]

561068614   Albanian SKS-45 Limited/Cosmoline/#s match $99NR   19   $555.00    1969   As-Issued   Fair   Nothing particularly wrong with this one, even though the stock is in what I consider to be pretty rough shape.  My issue is with this line from the seller: "This was found on Wikipedia and confirms the above information."  So all I have to do is find something in Wikipedia and that makes it true?  Dang, we've been doing it all wrong all this time!

563366258   ALBANIAN SKS SEMI AUTO RIFLE-MATCHING-1971   20   $685.00    1971   Bubba   Fair   I'm putting this one down as bubba because I think the stock is dickered.  Finish looks minwaxy and off by a mile…

Did you notice of the 5 sold in June Member applegoomp won 2 of them? Hopefully he will post up some detailed pictures when he gets them. 

[applegoomp]

Yes I got two.  I'm going to line them up  (67, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77 & 78) and post photos of them all as a family portrait.  Got grazed by the grey blanket man on the 71 - I think minwax sums it up.  I messaged him before the auction close and he repped the stock as original finish but upon inspection, minwax...    I still need a 68 if someone has it!!!!

[Phosphorus32]

Yes I got two.  I'm going to line them up  (67, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77 & 78) and post photos of them all as a family portrait.  Got grazed by the grey blanket man on the 71 - I think minwax sums it up.  I messaged him before the auction close and he repped the stock as original finish but upon inspection, minwax...    I still need a 68 if someone has it!!!!

Wow, nice collection  Looking forward to the pics

[firstchoice]

561683952   Albanian SKS 7.62x39 Unissued Excellent Rare 1970

It's a shame this auction had such lousy pics. That looked like a nice example, albeit it has a Russian rear sight leaf on it. The stock possibly could be original, but without better pics, who knows for sure?

Yes I got two.  I'm going to line them up  (67, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77 & 78) and post photos of them all as a family portrait.  Got grazed by the grey blanket man on the 71 - I think minwax sums it up.  I messaged him before the auction close and he repped the stock as original finish but upon inspection, minwax...    I still need a 68 if someone has it!!!!

  Wow, applegoomp been holdin' out on us! Pics, please!

firstchoice