Dan, I understand where you are coming from
But as they said at the end of Easy Rider (You Blew it). You have just discovered the down side of keeping hobby information secret. Now, sometimes doing that work, such as when Larry Fritsch gathered a couple of the Doyle errors but in 95 percent of the cases, publicity for an item is the winner for the seller.
I have discussed this on several occassions with several notable collectors/dealers during my Beckett days. There is no right or wrong answer to this. Instead, you took a reasonable risk and someone else now knows about those cards and they are not unique anymore. If you had the Grove; then perhaps I would have gotten the word out, but especially now that you have a major auction house in town, I'd make sure that anything you own is known by other hobbyists.
Regards
Rich
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