I haven't tried the 'Shard Sharing through Consignment' thing in like 6 mos... so they might have tweaked it in a patch... Those Bastards, they killed Profit!

As for Master prices... I'd call Economics. The last of my high level masters all sold about 2 mos ago. If anything, I've seen the price on SK Spells skyrocket, and paladin spells drop through the floor. But i only pay attention to my active team's spells, so who knows... And thanks for reminding me about the research assistants... I keep forgetting about them!

And Noxxy's advice on the new Add-On... He's spot on. 6-boxers (or peeps who box full groups in mmos) have a distinct advantage when it comes to a new Addon. If you work hard and fast, you can literally control the market. Don't forget to colect Shineys, there are numerous peeps on each server who want to be FIRST in discoveries and will pay insane amounts of cash for a rare shiney.

But honestly, with my team at level 55+ (including the tank), I have only bought Adept spells and have not purchased any player made armor. All of my armor and weapons are looted, and it's working great. No, I can't take 10 triple up yellow con mobs like i can w/ my mentored lvl 80 team, but I don't NEED to either . I'm selling everything I loot for cheap or to a vendor. and saving all my cash for lvl 67+ spells and armor.

YMMV
g'luck