http://www.ebay.com/itm/MTO-John-Lobb-BECKETTS-Brown-Crocodile-farmed-UK-6-E-Eu-40-US-7-/180972440011?pt=UK_Men_s_Shoes&hash=item2a22cc49cb
Crazy price to pay for a goodyear welted shoe made on a stock last. Four offers to buy, but all bids declined so far.
Skins are very nice, and this is what one would be paying for. Nowhere NEAR worth that kind of money for a machine-made shoe.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MTO-Laszlo-VASS-Crocodile-Cognac-Tan-Monkstrap-/400352694797?pt=UK_Men_s_Shoes&hash=item5d36e1520d
The seller has a very nice choice of other Vass exotics as well as non-exotics. They also cost significantly less than those Lobbs. I would go this route for a hand-welted shoe.
l nearly bought a pair of Vass alligator derbies earlier in the year.