I see, I see... okay last question. Could you tell me how you got old ebay postings? I wanna do some closed auction searches.
Occasionally, you can come up with some closed eBay auctions by just Googling whatever it is you're looking for. It's not the best way, and the eBay results are usually two or three pages in, but it works. And gitnoob is right---as popular as eBay is, they don't have the capacity to store lots of old, expired auctions. They might keep 'em around for a little while, but don't expect to find anything older than a month or so.