klkatl,
...It is not the starting price that is important it is the final bid price that is important. To get the highest bids you need really good photos and lots of them. You need a very accurate detailed description. Your description of bone handle and w/case and sharpener is inadequate and will create doubt in the bidder's minds and prevent them from bidding. You need to cover all the details about shipping and insurance and payment in the ebay listing. You need the listing to be by someone who has lots of positive feedback including at least some for selling items that are worth at least $100 and an overall feedback rating of 99% or higher. All of these things will give the potential bidders that warm fuzzy feeling that makes them not hesitate to bid what the knife is worth. If you could post some good detailed PICs of the knife in this forum (please start a new thread to do so) we can probably give you loads of information to help describe the knife in the Ebay listing. If you cannot post photos here you can email them to me and I will post them for you. And,...IMO you cannot go wrong with a starting price of $199.