How much is an "almost unique" item worth without a story to tell about?
I once had a "Crystal Steel balanced Dagger", which I gave to Shaba Acidheart (of the Crystal Warriors, I believe...). She gave it back to me when she left Yliakum. I promised to keep it with me. But it disappeared. A unique memory, gone by technical issues (I fear it didn't match the new naming convention, so it was deleted?).
But well, a technically unique item too: "Ruined Trigrain-Steel Dagger of Peace" (0.00002%) – gotcha, Mishka!