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JimBCorey,
I think those are great ideas. Perhaps this can happen. It would only take one major auction house to take the lead. I think they would see a marked increase in numbers due to the increase in confidence of bidders. Consequently, they will get the consignments too. It will put the pressure on the others to follow suit.
Paul,
I agree that 3rd party grading has helped with many of the dishonest practices that were prevalent fifteen to twenty years ago, but I don't think they solve all of them - including falsely inflating market prices by producing false results which get reported on VCP, etc. and become the gauge of fair prices down the line.
JimB