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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 26815127, member: 36248&quot;]This is not directed at you, but your reply got me thinking:</p><p><br /></p><p>My take has always been that that TPG Holder = Frame.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No serious person in the art world would say the Frame for a painting should not matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; Frames can very much change the look of a painting, and some frames can make a painting present worse or better than the painting would with no frame, or a different frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, if the frame if garbage (cheap, ugly, label is busy / too loud), or the brand has a garbage reputation, or the frame color becomes a negative against the coin color, well, you are presenting &amp; displaying the coin in a poor manner.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If more coin collectors considered the art (the coin) and the slab (the frame) as parts of a whole, then I think greater respect and care would be placed on the TPG plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same reason I cant stand heavily scratched slabs.&nbsp; Some people say, &quot;only buy the coin&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp; Well, if you can&#039;t <i>see </i>the coin, and the scratches distract you from appreciating the coin fully,&nbsp; well, the frame turns out to be pretty darn impactful on showing the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chewed up, ugly, wrong, oversized/undersized casings should not surround a collectible.&nbsp;&nbsp; That goes for cards, comics, coins, paintings, and everything else of value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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