If there wasn't a market for cards, I don't think multiple companies would continue to put out cards each year. Topps has at least five different sets they put out. Someone must be buying them.
I know I always go to the local minor league team when they give out their team sets(limited to 2000) and last year I sold two of them for $15 apiece and this year they are selling for the same amount. Minor league baseball is as popular as ever and every team at the upper levels puts out team sets.
I think a good thing that these companies do for the future is include cards of old stars. You could find at least ten different cards of Ty Cobb from 2014 sets. That gets kids interested in Cobb and when they have enough money, maybe they go out and buy one of his T206 cards
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