Mark (villager) currently has 3 examples of the 1980 EGF-1000, which IMO are much more attractive than the one that the seller just bought for $2K, and the 3 that Mark have are quite a bit less expensive
The buyer must not have known about the 3 Mark has; he could have saved $$ even after paying shipping & duty, and ended up with a much better looking top on the guitar.............
There's the ebay effect where you got involved in bidding more and more. It's often difficult to stay with the price limit you fixed yourself at first.