several groups i associate with use a pony express system amongst us to secure/transport rare items that would otherwise be out of reach to many.
while i often get real busy and dont have a lot of time to devote to such an endeavor it might be an idea for someone here to run with.
an example here is a guy i trade with often on vintage car parts found a front clip for one of his cars on craigslist near my.he is in chicago and the seller wont or cant dismantle and ship it.so he has me go get it,take it apart,and store it till our next meet up.
doing this with the items on here would be simpler as most are smaller and LIGHTer pardon the pun!
that is unless its t17 fixtures from the 40's made of old battleship parts!even those are shippable crated as i am doing to 2 of them right now.
the financial part would be worked out or the buyer could state what they would be willing to pay to make the decision to pick up or not when said item turns up since many things are here today gone tomorrow.
i noticed that many items being shown here are not even remotely what i would call rare and may turn up almost daily in some goodwill or restore near me but be extinct in the other guys region.