I went with "depends/ circumstances"

Fakes and so on, I would like to see. Say someone sees a - a - a sgian, and the seller claims it belonged to King Aurthur, but one of our very knowledgeable members can tell it was made about the time of George the 8th (I am making this up), well, great, educational, I wasn't going to bid on it anyway, but I'd learn a bit about antique sgians.

Really, if I wanted to shop on ebay I would be browsing ebay. If I know someone is looking for a thing and see it, I might send a PM.

Another side would be say I found an antique sgian, realyl liked the look of it, but no idea what it might be worth. I could see bidding say $100, maybe $200 - but I would want a second opinion from someone very knowledgable before I bid $500. Everyone's finances would dictate different numbers on that. If it is "really" worth $1000, I already bid $200, maybe I might bid $500, maybe not.

As a bit of a forum hanger outer, if you don't like them, don't follow the links or don't open the threads. There is plenty of dreck on the internet, get over it.