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If that lathe is really 12x58 then your photo shop looks short, a lathe that size would be about 7 feet long. Looking at it again though I'm doubting the 58" between centers, maybe it is measured like Southbend giving bed length rather than between centers?
I don't really follow lathes this size that closely, but if you could get it for $1500-2000 I'd think you did pretty well. Considering that is seems to fit your space where many other 12" lathes don't that alone might be worth accepting the sellers price assuming it is in decent shape.
It does seem to me that locally machines have been drying up on CL the past several months. Not sure if is seasonal, Covid related or something else.
The seller said the whole machine is 63" long. I think it's a 12x36.
I suspect the dearth of machines has to do with COVID and it being winter and close to the holidays. I bet here will be lots of machines available after the new year.