Rich,
This would give you more authentic information:
RED BOOK NIKKOR AID INTERNATIONAL-ENGLISH
Unwittingly, I might have contributed to the extra orbitant prices.
I asked Akiyama to translate his site in to English (it was only in Japanese at that time) when I was looking for information on a 55/2 Ultramicronikkor (micro and not macro) that I bought from a local shop. Interestingly, they had advertised this lens in a local (Dutch) camera magazine for some years. I was the only one who took the bait and bought it (11 years ago?).
There is a local Nikon shop that had a "museum" (probably still has). Full of unbelievably rare and esoteric stuff like made for NASA gear and such, including the never heard of 50mm f/2 UV Nikkor.
Needless to say, my interests and pursuits have changed radically over the years.
Anyone wants >1,000 lp/mm Zeiss/Nikon lenses, drop me a line or look at a WTS post I made a while ago.