Sorry to hear this, as above as he was the original owner, with insurance now paid out he would have first choice I would have thought.
Reading through it all, the alarm bells would be ringing for me based on some of your earlier posts.
Fact the seller had no feed back is a big concern, and very new account registration, then account going dead after you sold it.
eBay really is full of scumbags these days, I only use it when its for cheapo-crapo items, I'm finding myself avoiding it more and more.