I would have to say the person who is willing to pay $2,300.00 for a machine like that obviously has more money than they know what to do with. Last year a friend of mine sold Leuter & Gueis 16" machine for $250.00. Even the smallest "hobby" shapers can be found in this area in the $500.00 range. I paid less than half of that for my 7" AMMCO. Since these machines went out of favor in the 1960's I really wonder how many people buying them even have the where with all to know how to run them, and what they are capable of doing?
I wonder what the people smoke before making these eBay listing. There are several similar size machines with asking prices between $2,300.00 and $2,700.00. Some larger ones (16" to 37") have asking prices from $9,500.00 to $12,500.00. No one of sound mind is going to pay those prices. It seems like every time the economy improves people start hauling their junk out of the shed, or from behind the barn and put outrageous prices on it.
It reminds me of the weeks preceding the Iola or Hershey car shows. Old cars and parts that have been in junk yards and storage sheds for decades suddenly become more valuable than gold. Two weeks after the shows are over it all goes back into from whence it came until the next year.