Back when Mitchell's Mausers was advertising very good looking 98ks for $450, I was amused by the fact that their asking price was several hundred dollars more than what you paid at gunshops and gunshows for a slightly less "pretty" one. Then came allegations of "forced match" serial numbers, and true or not, that ensured I wasn't going to touch one of their guns at anything near their asking price.
Time flies, and what still seems to me like just a couple years back is now decade(s?) past, and someone asking double what Mitchell wanted for a fair condition 98k just seems unreal to me.
If you've got the bucks, or trade goods and you want it, go for a $900 98K, Its not worth it, to me, but that's just me...