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Marc S.Why would ANY auction company hand over its consignor lists and bidding records to MEARS? That is the one valuable differentiator that any auction house has -- and I cannot imagine that auction houses would willingly turn over this proprietary and sensitive data to MEARS for auditing purposes. Hell -- I'm a former auditor...and it was tough getting companies to release such data, even when required by law. As much as I applaud MEARS' efforts to clean up the hobby, they seem to have taken a holier-than-thou approach to all this, and it is unsurprising to me that their appeals received such a tepid response.