Is it worth monitoring ebay? I realise that most record offices will not have revenue expenditure for contingent purchases, but might it be worth tracking what is passing through the online auction market? There are currently many ms items for sale on ebay UK, mostly 17th-19th-century deeds, but also, for example, a late-15th-century charter:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2563833576&category=356&sspagename=rvi:1:2 (Bucks.);
and a schoolteacher's diary for early-19th-century Leeds (I haven't viewed this time).
Cheers,
Dave Postles
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