Red Copper Ingots

[Argee]

Hello,

We have excavated these Red Copper Ingot in a Shipwreck which is probably a merchant ship of the Dutch East India Company during the 17th or early 18th century. They are of the same size approx 250 grams each. Coral encrashments were already removed and those that are in the upper right of the images were cleaned, thus their shiny colour.

Could anybody identify them as to origin and their use during that period and what would be their worth now if put into auction?

argee

 

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[Harry_Morant]

These ingots have also been found in other shipwrecks which were wrecked about 1800 namely the Abergavenny wrecked in 1805 and the Hindostan wrecked in 1803. Apparently the British Museum has been conducting a study on ingots so you might want to see what they've published.

You might find this site useful: http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/research.htm

According to the site the copper being shipped by the East India Company to India came from sources in the south west of England.

 

[CRUSADER]

what would be their worth now if put into auction?

argee

How can you predict the out-come of an auction without trying it? I have lots of experience in auctions/aution houses/ebay but one thing is for sure, its all down to the day! You would be best off gathering together as much history about them as possible (as we all know that's what people pay for) & then taking this to a specialist auction who have sold similar objects & ask them. Or stick one on ebay, if you don't like how it goes finish it early without sale.

 

[captain Jack]

what would be their worth now if put into auction?

argee

How can you predict the out-come of an auction without trying it? I have lots of experience in auctions/aution houses/ebay but one thing is for sure, its all down to the day! You would be best off gathering together as much history about them as possible (as we all know that's what people pay for) & then taking this to a specialist auction who have sold similar objects & ask them. Or stick one on ebay, if you don't like how it goes finish it early without sale.

The best thing to do with ebay is to leave it up for auction as long as possible. It's nice to list it for what you want for it but The higher you list it, the more you have to pay. I would list it at the copper value and put the history in the description and see what happens with one first. Leave it up for at least a week!