That has actually made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Well actually, I had someone set to bid as well and had intended to send them to exactly the same place myself (after stroking them at home for a bit). One was a Langdale Axe, which was significant to the landscape and not at all common - look at how revered the last axe found there was
http://www.heritageaction.org/?page=campaigns_thornborough_walk2004

There are conservation geeks on the one hand and then there are complete acquisitive bastards on the other....