I don't think the seller quite grasped the concept of selling on eBay. More exposure = more views = more bids = more money.
Ending the auction because it is being viewed too much?? It's like cancelling a TV show because it has too many viewers.
According to the seller:
"The listing has generated a bit of heat around some forums and due to the amount of views and the high res photo's,
it is chewing up my web hosting bandwidth (the pics are hosted on my own site external to ebay)"
Maybe its costing too much? I don't know - doesn't make any sense to me either. With the money you'd get, should easily pay for any oversight
