I found this:
Wasn’t a similar flute sold some weeks ago?
Shhht . Be vewy vewy quiet…
if nobody knows,
nobody bids,
and just maybe
I could get one this time
without needing to spend
$500
Well, the auction just ended at a very respectable $266.00. Not as high as the last one (around $325, as I recall), but still a fair bit higher than the Olwell D bamboo I bought on ebay last year. They sure are beautiful (-sounding and -looking) instruments - but not easy for small hands!