Hey,

I'm a total newb and had been thinking about getting a coticule as a finishing stone. The new ones are 70-80 bucks for the 6 inch by 1.5-2 inch variety, so I thought I'd try to get one on ebay. A fellow member of another forum pointed me to one that was selling on ebay and was supposedly a vintage coticule. It's about the same size as the 80 dollar ones. With shipping, it's gonna cost around that range. I'd heard vintage coticules tend to be better stones so I thought I'd bid and see what I could get.
Did I just get ripped off like an idiot, or is this actually a decent stone? The pictures aren't super clear, but thought they might be of some help.
Here's the link for the auction that just ended:

COTICULE-PIERRE A AIGUISER DE METIER DES ANNEES 50 - eBay (item 380182014337 end time Dec-06-09 08:57:14 PST)

Thanks