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Originally Posted by esd10
the biggest issue with the hobby is people are buying as a investment and have priced out a lot of young people new to the hobby for vintage cards. I started collecting again back in 2004 or 2005 and you could pick up a raw decent t206 for $10-15 (ebay) but now those same cards sell for double or triple now.
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The type of canned beans I buy at the grocery store sells for double what it did in 2004 (and they're still making those, unlike T206's) Let's not even get into property values. Inflation has it's way with collectibles as well as genuine value increases.