Please make up your own mind without consideration of my opinion. Thanks, Brian.
Brian,
While we discourage finger pointing on the forum, the intended spirit of that guideline doesn't really apply in this particular situation. You're expressing an opinion regarding the pricing of a certain set of DS memorabilia and warning people that it's your opinion to beware of such pricing practices. Personally, I've collected DS memorabilia for close to 35 years, read the ads in TWODS and ITOH, the various fan catalogues, and have both bought and sold on eBay - and frankly, I nearly fell off of my chair when I saw that expected starting bid!
But that's purely my opinion.
While it's certainly true that the person in question is well within his/her rights to set a starting bid at whatever price he/she chooses, that doesn't quite mean that the rest of us have to be willing to pay it.
But as Nancy quite rightly points out, ultimately the market will be the decision maker as to whether or not this individual is overpricing his/her items - not anything that any of us might say.