I used to think, as the consensus seems to here, that in a generation or two, the desire for boomer idols, and perhaps even for the original legends from past generations, will fade and that would be reflected in the market for them. But lately I've started wondering if perhaps sports (and maybe non-sports) cards are becoming commoditized, if that's a word, and will retain and even increase in demand and value simply because there is a limited supply, they are gradable, easily stored and transported, and in general make for a good medium of repository of value. In other words, no collectible desire required, or perhaps better put, now disconnected from the original collectible desire that gave them their secondary value in the first place. The difference in value between them, however, will still be determined in the marketplace by the same factors as they have been historically: stature of the player, rarity, age, beauty, condition, etc. What won't be required is any feeling for the subjects, much like gold and silver today. With exceptions, nobody holds those coins for the subjects depicted, but for the value of the medium. McLuhan said it: "The medium is the message."
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