As far as the April Fools thing goes, Tyshalle correctly points out that JD did post it on eBay on 30 March and made a post to the OB about it the same day. I just didn't see it and post it to Whedonesque (which I assume is where y'all found it) until the 1st.

I really hope she gets as much for it as she paid for it. But with today's economy, who knows. I'm bidding on it, but I'm sure there's some hard core (rich) collector out there somewhere who will leave my bid in the dust by the time it's over.

A very rare, exceptional vader helmet/mask was recently sold on ebay for something over $6k. The photos were smaller than these, and there was less evidence that the seller had something of real value. Lots of debate over whether or not it was a real auction, and the lineage, and why there weren't more photos.

In the end, the person who bought it was a fan expert who was able to identify tells from the small pictures, and correctly gambled that it was something nearly unique. Those as knew what it was worth and could afford to pay it didn't need better pictures.

So, I wouldn't necessarily add better pictures if I were selling it. But I would sooner sell a kidney, so my opinion is hardly relevant.

Anyway, my original point wasn't that I don't think it's legit. Just that the dude should be posting more pictures of the damn thing, and it's a little annoying that he's just using the exact same photo Shawna used.