I remember his auction and asked about it at the time. It was to raise money to give to his daughter for Christmas, surplus would go to her birthday.
That run was set up to be distributed by the Co-op team according to the OP, there should have been no issues getting the seeds to everyone signed up.
There were 257 on my Sour Bubble repro before I turned off the list as I felt bad for the distributors. I think the biggest was the Goji OG at 296 which was only allowed due to there being 8 seperate growers. Max now set at 150 to keep Co-op manageable.
Not sure about the current situation as I am not privy to what goes on in the back room but there are the answers to a couple questions with my limited info. I am sure things will be worked out in the end.