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Old 07-05-2013, 07:35 AM
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I am in the camp of hoping that in 30 years when advanced collectors today are old and selling their collection en masse that prices plummet due to an over saturated market and no demand from the incoming generation.

I know of no human outside of this board that would know who Addie Joss was. They brought his name up on Sports Center after Bailey's second no-hitter and the anchor acted like Joss was just some guy who pitched a hundred years ago. No thought as to who he was.

Personally I know no one my age that collects. At card shows I might see one other person my age looking at pre-war. There are collectors my age on the board, but I don't know if they're whales like the advanced collectors. They may turn into them, but will you need that kind of cash in 30 years? I don't think so. I would be very surprised if T206 Cobb's in a 3 are still selling for $1,000 30 years from now. And I don't see them going up after all the cards in private collections are freed up by estate sales.

Looking forward to my collection being worthless so I can have all of the cards I've always wanted while people shell out $10,000 for a Bowman Pujols.

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