It depends on the player and probably the team he played for.
I'm sure if we were to question some guys about their long-ago fears of their Ty Cobbs, Babe Ruths, Walter Johnsons, and Christy Mathewsons losing their value, all we'd hear would be their sad stories of how they virtually "gave the cards away" in the 70s and 80s.
True, paintings and huge exotic gemstones seem to fit a "timeless" category. Rolling Art just keeps rolling along. I dare say certain brands will continue to sell for boo coo. Then again, the venerable name of Duesenberg may not be advancing much, though the ultra beautiful and exotic 1936 Duesenberg Special set a record sales price in 2004 for an American car of $4.445 million. This figure has been broken by a 60s racing sports car. The rare automobile field has the essential information down to a science, with precise number of cars built, provenance, and sales history.
Honestly, these were some of the facets I tried to incorporate into my book, NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. Absorbing provenance with juicy stories, along with re-telling and recreating the period in which these difficult post-war regional / food issues were collected.
---Brian Powell
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