These arrived from Marco, the seller, this AM. I have no dog in this hunt, I simply emailed him because I thought he was not intentionally misrepresenting the condition, and wanted him to be aware of the expert opinions. He sent these pix, and following comments. Personally despite the condition of the paint, I find this a little painful to look at it.

And his comments
Hi,
the diameter of the top tube and down tube is constant, no alteration, I can hear the tapping fingers, are just scratches on paint, if you enlarge the image you can see too small and superficial, if it was a crasch you'll see waves.(THIS IS STEEL NO ALLOY O CARBON )

This frame was used for city bike without original component, when I bougth the bike I used the bike also goes without hands.
I am 51 years old, I have done thousands of km........

Hi Barry
I have delete offer and ended the auction for the many controversies of my onesty, these are the pics of crasch.
Best regards
Marco