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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 668990, member: 112"]Mark I might go along with you, at least for the past 6 months because of CAC and the market drop. But there is one thing. Other than the past 6 months I have never, never, seen reports over the years by anyone, and that includes all the big names, that didn't say the same thing you are saying. It seems that everyone always thinks the TPG's are tightening up. I can remember reading Laura, complaining for years on end it seems, that the TPGs were too dang tight. But if they are tightening up, then where do all the upgrades come from ? Why is it that all the older slabs, and not just the rattlers but the next 2-4 generations of PCGS and NGC slabs as well, get cracked open and the coins resubmitted. And why did a whole lot of peole make a lot of money doing exactly that ? To my recollection the TPG grading remained fairly consistent through all of the early and middle years of the recent bull market. It was only in late '07, 08 and early '09 that they got pretty loose in my opinion. And if it is true as they say that the TPG's don't grade coins, they price them - then it could not really be otherwise. For their grading always lags behind the market increases. And that would place that timing just about right.[/QUOTE]