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Originally Posted by David R
We may think it's nice that the family left a lot of money on the table by having/letting Heritage disclose the existence of the other cards in the find, but it would not have been illegal or unethical not to have made such disclosures. Personally I think it was foolish but I understand why others feel it's admirable.
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I'm going to have to politely disagree with this statement as I do not see how Heritage could have in any meaningful way written up this find without mentioning the extraordinary condition of these cards in comparison to the extant population. Omitting that information would be such a conspicuous omission to an experienced collector to as a practical certainty result in someone asking Heritage if there were more cards in the find. If Heritage does though make the comparison IMO they are exposing themselves to legal exposure for failure to disclose material information. Taking all this into consideration along with the public pounding failure to disclose will generate, I believe disclosure was the correct business decision.