Posted By:
Steve Murray"In the short term, I would be concerned with issues that are thinly traded."
Brian has hit the nail square on the head! Until new blood enters the hobby with an interest in some thinly traded issues prices will stagnate and in most cases fall.
A prime example is the 1911 Zeenut set. Overlooked only a year ago a few collectors started actively working on the set. The result was a price escalation that peaked when most of these collectors reached a certain point in the set. Most of those active collectors are within ten cards or so of completion and there is a lot of duplication on the wantlists. If one of those cards comes on the market it will be katie bar the door but if any of the other 112 cards comes on the market little interest will be shown and the offerings will go wanting or close at seriously lower prices.