Posted By:
martindl
Yep, tough to get any reliable data from a 5-year old article. There's no such thing as the 'Collectibles Market' - at a minimum it has to be broken up into categories al la stock indexes. Items need to be grouped with comparables.
Take Pottery & Porcelain as an example - as Joann states, Rookwood continues to rise, especially for the rarer pieces, while items such as Royal Bayreuth or Doulton or ever rarer Worcester pieces have been in decline for 3+ years. Is the market in decline because of Ebay or is Ebay just reflective of the market decline?