In St Louis we get a lot of plastique and aluminium junk, but we get a fair amount of good stuff too. In the last three years I've bought a Powermatic 65 tableaw, PM 30 sander, Craftsman 9x30 lathe, Penncraft (rebadged Delta) 11/14 lathe, and a Delta 24" scroll saw for myself, and three PM 1200 drill press heads and a Craftsman shaper for friends in other cities. Of course, all needed restoration to various degrees, but that's why they were cheap. And I sold a Taiwanese DP for a decent price.
Now, of any hundred tool listings, there will be a dozen chopsaws or cheapo table saws, and half a dozen Craftsman RAS's of dubious value, but you gotta flail out the chaff to find the wheat.
Kirk