Uh? Nono, I really meant it =)
If you've searched an item in the Item Search feature, then go into the right ward, you'll see a big red star on the right Retainer who has the item.
Also, I just... Can't... Possibly see a feeling of pain in the neck while searching for an item in the Wards.

Anyway, I say this by not being an anti-AH fellow: We have a Market Ward system, and we should better it if we have it, not just scrap it and substitute it with an Auction House. I'm definitely not scrapping (scraping, whatever =D) the idea of having an Auction House, but if we have a Market Ward and we can better it I'd not simply gonna scrap it.