Well, the auction absolutely should have been shared with the general shareholder community.

While not quite a certain thing, the auction does offer strong circumstantial evidence that Alberto never had working Labcoin chips.  That's crucial information to shareholders. 

Some have been holding out hope that Alberto was making a genuine effort and may return with hashing later.  The auction indicates that's very, very unlikely. 

Everyone has a right to know that, while shares are still able to be traded.