If they can find a box big enough to ship that handle, $60 isn't an outrageous shipping price. When I used to sell on eBay it was rare to get an upright shipped out for less than $35 with FedEx Smartpost, the cheapest option eBay offers. So for a heavy vacuum with a handle that doesn't split apart, shipping is going to high wherever it goes.
Yeah, only one picture isn't great. Very hard to judge if its worth the price without more details.