Luxurious rare ocean front Arizona property. flat lock plate. No visible depression for a proof mark or other marks. Lock screws have very square shoulders and all screw slots look to be quite squarely centered. $35.99 Centennial Arms special. Seller know it. Check the wording.
Now, imagine a law suit and you need to prove he said it was an original to win. Does he ever come out and say it is an original? Every thing is weasel worded. He come very close several times, but always there is a hedge. 18th century pistols like this bring......... Same exact statement applies to a reproduction. A fine example of ,,, well reproductions are examples of originals. Every part of this oozes Used Car Sales.
Now go back and read the response from the seller carefully. If he were honest, as you feel, he would amend the listing if there were any difficulty taking it down. He may be betting that whoever keeps bidding will still go through with it and his response to you will just be buried in digital neverland. Keep track of the listing, I bet it stays up through auction close, unless the high bidder needs to back out for that reason. Check his other auctions for similar crap. An auctioneer I know will say now we have what appears to be an old pistol. You are buying it for what it looks like, there are no quarantees of what it really is. I saw him sell old antique red glass automobile tail light lenses for over $800. That is what he said about them. Turned out the were junk lenses from carnival rides and were still being made. He covered himself