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Posted By: barrysloate

One of the things that will likely keep the market strong for a long time to come is the depth of interest in rare baseball artifacts of all kinds, with vintage cards near the top of that list. Lots of avid buyers would be the best way for prices to stay strong, but like I and others have said the world can be an unpredictable place. There are surely many scenarios where baseball cards would not be everyone's first priority. But you should never root for any market to collapse, because that would no doubt mean that some other bad stuff is going on.

My only regret about prices going up seemingly forever is it will turn collecting vintage material into an elitist pastime for the very wealthy. For those who love the stuff but have somewhat modest budgets, they might have to give it up. And it is possible that is where we are heading.

But my final thought is, it will be business as usual- lots of buyers, an equally large numbers of sellers, and a relatively healthy economy.