If ML is paying out consignors even though the stolen cards are still being held as evidence, does that indicate that ML expects to get possession of the cards soon? Does anyone know if they have actually taken payment from any winners of the stolen cards, and if so, what the winners were told as to when to expect to receive their purchased cards?
Also, if they are paying consigners then ML will own whatever cards that winning bidders decide not to pay for. I would guess that they will eventually include whatever cards that remain in a future auction, but I would hope that they would wait until they actually have possession of them before doing that.
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