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Originally Posted by billyb
I wish I could help you, but I am new into this also. But I do want to say that I seen a post someone put into another thread. He stated photos were like the new '52 Topps.
That statement hit home. When the '52 Topps came out, they sold very well, but if we would have known then what we know now, we would have bought up every 52 topps we could find.
The vintage photos, say pre 1960, they are out there now, but before long, they will become harder to find. I missed out on the 52 Topps, and Microsoft stock in my lifetime. These vintage photos may not be quite up to that level of collectability or value............or will they?
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They may be like 1952 Topps... but perhaps '52 Topps in the year 1995. In other words, the current day is to Vintage Photography as the year 1995 was to 1952 Topps.
Still lots of room to grow, but already well developed and on many collectors' radar. In this Memorabilia Forum alone, over a third of the threads appear to involve some aspect of vintage photography. And vintage photos are normally included in all of the major Catalogue Auctions. Rare photos with good subject matter have been realizing huge prices for quite a while. I've actually seen a bit of a
plateau in prices realized lately.
Plenty of helium remains in the balloon, but it was actually "inflated" a few years back. Henry, Marshall, David et al have done a brilliant job enabling it to reach it's current heights. It's a great and fascinating segment of the hobby
