Perhaps my opinion will be unpopular, but I do not see any obligation, moral or otherwise for Heritage to auction that card for free because it was consigned by some nuns to support their missionary work. Heritage is a for-profit auction house, not a charity. I would assume the principals and most who work at Heritage give to a variety of charities. Perhaps this nun's mission is not on the top of their list. I think they did very well by them and gave them a good consignment rate. They also got a lot of press for them (and visa versa). If the folks at Heritage wanted to do it for free and issue a press release about their generous deed, then that would be wonderful. But I do not think any less of them for not doing it.
JimB
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