This particular seller is knowledgeable, but he sells most of his guns by consignment, which means he doesn't pay anything for most of them-that makes a huge difference in willingness to list an auction starting at a .01. These guns are sent to him by the owners to be sold. He is an auctioneer, so to speak, and gets 15% of the selling price as his commission for his work at research & photos. If you buy the guns like most sellers, then resell them, it is usually not wise starting at a .01, the seller could take considerable loses. That is why a reserve is set to keep the sales at profit and help prevent going out of business.