GmanJeff has some wise words up above, and since no one knows the builder, it truly is a crapshoot.
I'd add that with the exception of money-being-no-object, to lay out that much cash on a first instrument of any kind is probably not a wise move unless you're just looking for wall art. I mean, it IS pretty.
Besides, it's a tenor, anything larger than concert ain't a yewk. It's probably set up with low G too...