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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2867186, member: 75525&quot;]What is the largest ratio of shipping / handling cost to hammer price? I may have a record at over 50 / 1 on the following lot of lead weights I bought for 1 GBP. Shipping on this 1.7 Kg lot is over 50 GBP! </p><p>[ATTACH=full]684276[/ATTACH]</p><p>The seller&#039;s description:</p><p>MEDIEVAL WEIGHT GROUP</p><p>12th-15th century AD</p><p>LOT 039</p><p>A mixed group of lead weights including barrel-shaped, discoid and biconvex. 1.7 kg total, 22-50mm (1 - 2&quot;).</p><p>Condition - Fine condition.</p><p>Provenance</p><p>The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number DM4,8 and 9; found near Downham Market, Norfolk, UK.</p><p>Footnotes</p><p>Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s.</p><p><br /></p><p>This group is from an expert on Celtic coins. I bought one from him in 2008. He is getting out of the business after 70 years.</p><p><a href="http://www.celticcoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CR-collection.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.celticcoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CR-collection.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.celticcoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CR-collection.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You can see some of my other weights on my blog:</p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]684280[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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