I'm going to own up here:

After weeks of unsuccessful attempts to procure a "bargain" on ebay, I finally got sick of being sniped in the last 2 seconds of an auction. Really, really sick of it

So, I picked out a likely looking blade, and put a ridiculously large "maximum bid" on it (can you see where this is going...?).

Long story short, I'm now the proud owner of a 13/16 "near mint" JR hollow at the bargain price of 113USD (plus P&H).

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I won. But I seem to have defeated my purpose of bidding on ebay in the first place...

On the bright side, I may just have set a new record for JR hollows on ebay

On the down side, I've just let eveyone know I'm the shmuck who drove up ebay prices for Joseph Rodgers blades

James.