[Leon]

When I sold my 1st collection, I wanted it displayed at shows. A good bit of it was at the 2015 National, as I recall.

Originally Posted by Snowman

I would argue that the added value for the consigner of having their cards brought to a show for display is very low. Likely near-zero, especially if the auction house provides good scans along with complete and accurate descriptions.

I think the added value is almost entirely for the auction house itself. They want to display the cards as bait so they can lure in other high end items for consignment.

That's not intended to be a criticism of the AH. They have to generate business and it's an effective mechanism for doing that. But they're definitely leveraging the property of their consigners to build their business.

I think this is also why, assuming the reporting is accurate, that most of us think that the carelessness with how ML chose to ship and handle these cards (which belonged to their customers and not them) is the greater offense in this entire debacle.