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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;joecoincollect, post: 2518509, member: 71338&quot;]True, we believe what we want to believe. We&#039;re all guilty of that sometimes. I&#039;ve read some of the arguments about gradeflation (is that the a used term?) and have seen some evidence of it. However, not all series are affected to the same extent, and it doesn&#039;t always occur every time in any area. Also, I&#039;ll just throw this out there - and the only evidence would be looking at standards, testimony, etc - that maybe grading has gotten more accurate. Stricter or more conservative, maybe these are irrelevant if grades are closer in line with ANA&#039;s standards, market standards here, or any other authority&#039;s standards because they aren&#039;t universal as we all know. My guess is many collectors in other countries like the UK or Canada might view our grading as being too lenient overall, and has been for too long. You and others raise the issue of a perceptible slide to leniency in the past decades. In both cases, there&#039;s a negative judgement going on here. Perhaps this observation of yours is true, because I honestly haven&#039;t been collecting as long or as studious of this aspect of the hobby, but I&#039;m wondering why is it problematic? I think Americans obsess enough between the main adjectives in our grading system. Loosening up this control and attention on grading minutiae might be a plus to the hobby, in my opinion. Just thinking aloud[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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