NGC got Bought Out!
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NGC got Bought Out!
NGC & Parent Company was sold off to Blackstone! just days after NGC Celebrated 50 Million Coins, Tokens and Medals Certified over the past few decades.
https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/9253/
https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/9253/
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Re: NGC got Bought Out!
Hi Daniel =), you think this might be a good time for the other two grading services to try efforts to win new customers? seems like an opportunity.
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Re: NGC got Bought Out!
About Certified Collectibles Group® (CCG®)
CCG is a leading provider of expert, impartial and tech-enabled services that add value and liquidity to collectibles. The CCG companies include Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®), Numismatic Conservation Services™ (NCS®), Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®), Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®), Classic Collectible Services® (CCS®), Certified Sports Guaranty® (CSG™), Authenticated Stamp Guaranty® (ASG®) and Collectibles Authentication Guaranty® (CAG®). Since 1987, the CCG companies have certified more than 60 million coins, banknotes, comic books, trading cards, sports cards, stamps, estate items and related collectibles. Today, CCG serves the world of collectibles online and at its offices in Sarasota, Florida; London, England; Munich, Germany; and Shanghai and Hong Kong, China.
CCG is a leading provider of expert, impartial and tech-enabled services that add value and liquidity to collectibles. The CCG companies include Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®), Numismatic Conservation Services™ (NCS®), Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®), Certified Guaranty Company® (CGC®), Classic Collectible Services® (CCS®), Certified Sports Guaranty® (CSG™), Authenticated Stamp Guaranty® (ASG®) and Collectibles Authentication Guaranty® (CAG®). Since 1987, the CCG companies have certified more than 60 million coins, banknotes, comic books, trading cards, sports cards, stamps, estate items and related collectibles. Today, CCG serves the world of collectibles online and at its offices in Sarasota, Florida; London, England; Munich, Germany; and Shanghai and Hong Kong, China.
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Re: NGC got Bought Out!
Hey...maybe they heard about Daniel's AI grading system and mintstate.com developing a legitimate form of grading...so they bailed before the slabbing Beanie Baby market crashes
Total tongue in cheek here folks!
Total tongue in cheek here folks!
Common grading company shortcomings & resulting co$tly mi$take$ to collectors (using Kennedy No FG halves):
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
https://tinyurl.com/y7rksxu8
How much squash would a sasquatch squash if a sasquatch would squash squash?
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Re: NGC got Bought Out!
I'm going to be tongue and cheek here myself and say this: Will Blackstone get NGC to grade the houses that they are buying up as well?
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