House,
Does he have a shop by you? Is he still there? Maybe if we get enough interest we can help him get going again. Can you find a phone #? I'd be willing to call him and find out some details.
Sounds like an old upholstery guy out by me. He's an old timer that keeps weird hours but does great work (he put new windows in my softtop a while ago and do a great job for a good price). Maybe Upholstererguy just wasn't hip on the Ebay, computer, and shipping thing. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt since his stuff looked like good quality for a good price.
Personally, I think it would be great if we could get setup with a set price and avoid the hassle of Ebay with this guy. Let me know if you find anything out. In the meantime, I'll send him a message via Ebay (thanks for the link, Galen).