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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2158098, member: 71723&quot;]I fully agree with your last sentence <i><b>if </b></i>that collector does not stop there, and uses his <i><b>thorough </b></i>knowledge of technical grading as a first waypoint on his way to a more comprehensive understanding of the subject. I didn&#039;t put chapters named <b><i>“GRADING: IMPORTANCE AND EVOLUTION&quot;, &quot;ADVANCED GRADING TECHNIQUES&quot;, and </i></b><i><b>“CLOSER FOCUS ON ASPECTS OF GRADING&quot; </b></i>in the 7th edition of the Official Standards book, Ken Bressett did. And if some random collector <i><b>does stop </b></i>after thoroughly mastering technical grading, he has stopped halfway, and is mired in the somewhat distant past. Market grading was already &quot;a thing&quot; almost 20 years ago. It&#039;s not that new. Time flies.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I agree that evolving grading standards are to the TPG firms&#039; benefit by effect, but I&#039;m not cynical enough to go all the way to believing it&#039;s by design. I am unaware that Ken Bressett is a compromised figure. Now if Willis or Hall wrote the Official Guide, I agree you&#039;d be onto something.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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