Gibson flying v without serial number???

[smash_gus]

Hello guys please help me with this.

I have seen at the ebay many gibson flying v with no serial number behind the headstock

whats going wrong? are they real or fake replicas?

The big thing is that most of the sellers who have them are 100% possitive with thousands items sold

is it safe to buy one like them and is there any possibility gibson made some v without serials???

Do you know any way to configure if a gibson is original or replica?

Please check the following links and tell me

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/GIBSON-FLYING-V-USA_W0QQitemZ270330878849QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item270330878849&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/1986-Gibson-Custom-Shop-Edition-Flying-V_W0QQitemZ140296269386QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item140296269386&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1985-Gibson-Custom-Shop-Flying-V-Very-Rare-NR_W0QQitemZ130282359182QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item130282359182&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

[GuitarJunkie]

The problem with a lot of Vs is that they're painted solid colors. The serial number gets plugged up and is sometimes hard to show in a photo.

 

Regarding your examples, the first one mentions a refinish so there's your answer.

The second and third do actually have serial numbers, but the finish makes it hard to see. I took photos from both those auctions and brought up some of the serial numbers in Photoshop...