12-1/2" arm. NewArtVinyl Black Bird. Yea or Nay?

U funny

Ha. I'd go with nyet unless you want to experiment at your own risk. You can get a 12" Jelco 850 from George Merrill for the same money.

Jelco's may be highly respected, but simply don't appeal to me.

look at this, how could that price be true???

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114059182299?ul_noapp=true

look at this, how could that price be true???

Exactly.....
Old saying.
If it sounds too good to be true then it usually is.

Your money of course 😁

If you like that Russian arm then you can look for Infinity Black Widow or much better Luxman TA-1 tonearm (made by Micro) with removable armtube, both under $700 max.   

Living in Russia i have never heard about this tonearm, but i know for sure that nothing is made here nowadays except for weapons, you'd better look for vintage made in Japan tonearms or something new made in Europe, especially in Germany (like Thomas Schick is $1.2k is not too expensive for you). Lithuanian made Reed are terrific tonearms!