Ebay still brings nice surprises for items like 144 BCD chainrings.
I recently aquired an NOS 144BCD Mavic SSC 53T chairing (the one with the dark anodizing which is more expensive and harder to find than the silver version) from a seller at eBay for much less (40 some bucks, I suspect that it would be usually be at least double that) that it would usually cost because the seller made a mistake on his description/title for the item saying that it was a 130BCD ring for a "Starfish" style crank. The auction pics caught my eye instantly, and I looked at them closer and was sure it was a 144BCD ring.
The "Starfish" crank fans did not bother bidding for it as they don't like the dark anodizing that was never standard for their cranks, while the owners of the older style 144 BCD Mavic SSC cranks did not bother to bid either as they see the "130 BCD" title on the auction.
Blam, I bid for it during the last hour of the auction to stay under the radar and I got it!! Now My dark colored SSC dust caps and chainring bolts have proper chainring company on my 144 BCD Mavic crankset!
Sooo.....If you wait patiently...they will come!

Chombi