Post War Forecast

[sesop]

The focus of my collection is/are Yankees. More and more I find myself in the post-war realm- mostly '50s, but some '40s and '60s.

I'm curious as to "veteran's" opinions on the market for post-war (mainly 40's through 60s). Any observations of current prices? Any thoughts on the future? How about populations? The pre-war side seems to have good estimates on the overall populations of T206s. How about 50s Bowmans? Are most cards slabbed or are there more raw collectors? Is a raw post-war card on eBay more or less likely to be trimmed as a T206? Any anecdotal/opinion/predictions are appreciated.

Here's one of my favorite post-war cards:



Thanks

[toppcat]

I think there is always a potential for mischief on Ebay, even among many sellers with high feedback. One thing I have learned is that high feedback does not necessarily correlate to a seller's ability to ID trimmed cards. You still need to be sure a seller is reputable and knowledgeable when buying any card of value.

Now, is there less chance of postwar being trimmed than pre-war? I would say if compared to pre WW 1 then yes as so many tobacco and caramel cards were trimmed by the first wave of collectors between the wars. I am at the point I will only buy SGC or PSA graded T cards on Ebay but still buy raw Topps and Bowman there and will do so until proven wrong.

As for market, rarer is better and lots of postwar stuff in nice shape or that is even considered scarce still is relatively high pop. And once you hit the late 60's, there is a lot of product out there.