I think I could live with batt01's offer. It's far from this things current eBay value, but eBay + Bitcoin always smells a bit scammy.
I'll leave this up for another day in case anybody feels like they need to have that thing now.
Otherwise: batt01 would you prefer any kind of escrow?
If this deal falls through, my offer still stands. 1.5
BTC and I pay for shipping with john k escrow.