It's funny, I've played this game for almost 5 years and have always wanted one of these. I'd always see it on AH and say...one day I'm gonna just buy one if it's there and yet I never have.
Now, I finally obtain one now that it's a quest reward. But now I wonder....why the hell did these used to be even moderately expensive? As I recall, they got well up there for a furnishing that didn't do anything. These things could not be more ugly if they could vomit all over themselves. I guess it was similar to a case of thinking an $80 steak would somehow taste better than a $20 steak, simply due to cost.
Or in other words...it's mega huge, and giga ugly. Somehow, you can only put one thing in it.