there were some red tourney helmets on market,you should try and get them.
Problem with exchange is that there are a lot of people who bought looms like heavy lance,crossbow,peasant items for 1lp and some gold,even i bought once old kite shield for 1lp and 150k so i can give one loompoint on exchange and still be in +.
You should be angry at those people who are dumb enough to sell their looms for under 2lp instead of buying reforge auction,and maybie angry at devs who allow such things that different +3 items worth different ammount of cash even if someone played for 3 gens to make it mw.