Never heard of that forum before but I guess it was a waste that the site is gone is there a possibility of bringing it back?
The cost for the servers, software engineers and promotion would cost a fortune. Here's another small one that can help you rank on mamma.com http://www.gigablast.com/
With the GB£ exchange rate against the US$ that would be a bargain. Why would they sell it for $100,000 though when they paid $19 million for it?
Looksmart can be contacted at http://www.looksmart.com/contact.html 100,000 is really chump change for a big company.
Estibot values site at only $1500 http:// estibot.com/ results.php? domain= wisenut.com Value considering Traffic $22,000
they value yahoo.com at $11 million (466 million including traffic) sounds like a pretty good deal to me!