Thanks for the input.

I contacted the seller. He indicated he cancelled the auction (during the last 12 hours) when he found out he had mis-listed his item (he was selling SL pedals as super record titaniums) then sold the pedals to the guy who pointed this out for some undisclosed price. Why he listed the item as "sold" rather than "closed b/o listing error" I am unsure. When I look more closely at the original picture I suspect he is telling the truth.

As for the shrill bidder I suspect I won't do much. I did buy one of the two items for my maximum bid and it is a very nice clean SR bottom bracket although I would have felt better if I had gotten it for less. Hopefully the seller had to pay an Ebay commission on the other item (although I doubt it). The seller did use two different bidding names for each item......but again I'm sure it was a shrill job given the immediate and simultaneous 2nd chance offers I received.

Live and learn. No major money lost.