I didn't see your post VOS but yep sure he knows what he is doing.
I wonder if there is a bunch of guy's going round the US with a box full of boots at random like those guys who sell speakers from the studio but we have one left for cheap or half price, from the van.
I bet they would use the line he you use ebay, I have a few rare records but my PC broken, buy them off me and sell them on ebay you will make a fortune or a (Clara Hardy Tuna as its know in the trade)
seems strange how copies off rare stuff appear at random over a large area all at once.