Jim Ruddy passed away on Thursday April 12th after a brief illness.
Thankfully, in 1970, James F. Ruddy published “Photograde – Official Photographic Grading Guide for United States Coins.” What happened next was little short of a revolution.
I just read this today and was sad to hear we lost another pioneer of our industry.
I have a signed copy of his first 1970 copy of PhotoGrade.