My limited, purely anecdotal data would suggest that there's at least another 30 years of a healthy vintage market. I use myself as evidence. I am 38. I grew up in the hey day of over-produced cards, 84-89. There were millions of kids like me, and now some of us (who knows what percentage?) are coming back to the hobby with disposal income and spending on the cards that we only dreamt about as kids. I see many collectors on this board around the same age with the same story. Barring any of life's circumstances that might cause a sell-off, many of us should be collecting into our 60s/70s (like another large segment on this board.) Therefore, I conclude we should be good for a while, and the current shiny market (healthy or not) should not have any bearing on that.
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