it's an easy to obtain item, I think I have found it in each game I have made by the time I was level 3, it's not really a game breaker.
I think this fits into a "reality" type situation, where someone ends up selling an item not knowing what it truly is and then an expert figures it out later. Some poor sucker sold her an odd looking sword they didn't understand and now she is selling it for a profit... happens all the time.
