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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charley, post: 20434953, member: 5372&quot;]While I understand the inference of your comment, I would not concur, because the thrust of the mpusa post, to me, is that a TPG value is at the very minimum an opinion of more desirable quality that the marketplace trusts, via years of experience and collector response, over a non-TPG graded (generic) or alternate TPG choice that does not have the same level of collector confidence.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is not the same as stating that ICG and/or ANACS graded pieces are consistently less accurate. The perception of many participants in the hobby is that ANACS and/or ICG have been in the &quot;market&quot; for as many years, and have had the same opportunity (and more so) to &quot;market&quot; confidence, but have not achieved success in&nbsp; perception (in general) by the community of the same level of quality. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why do you think that is? Do you think it is because of a 180 degree shift in the pursuit of collecting in the hobby from value/investment being a secondary consideration (or, if you will, to not needing the Boy Scout Merit Badge anymore), to value/investment being the primary consideration?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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