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Nope, as a long-time pen and stationery collector I can tell you that this behavior is the movement to a new economy with no supply. Once upon a time a very important paper making machine broke in Japan, it was the only machine that made a type of paper called "Tomoe River", specifically in it's more luxurious 68g/sm weight. Nobody could repair the old machine to cause it to make paper in a way that caused fountain pen ink to absorb at a particular rate and therefore look a particular way, specifically it's for largely Japanese chromoshading inks and brings out their beauty the most so it had a "the best" type reputation.
This tells us what we need to know: It's fans feel there will be no more products of this type and they're buying the last to ever exist, these to them are irreplaceable items or can be upsold to people who feel that way about them. Anyone who could stockpile "old TMR" paper did and sold it to those who couldn't, so if you want these later there will be like 10 up on ebay, ever, and they'll be very expensive.
