As the years have gone by, I am much more interested in owning a 1-1 interesting paper item than another piece of cardboard . I have some Gehrig 1 of 1 items that are so cool they blow me away. However, I don't know if there is or ever will be a robust market for certain things. Only recently I obtained a 3 page typed letter that Lou either typed (might be unlikely) or dictated to someone (Eleanor?). It's an amazing historical document about his dispute with the NY Daily News, clearly a 1 of 1. But is it something other people are going to go insane to own? I don't know. (Not that I really care right now.) Cards have a clear market place, they have population reports, and have websites that track prices. Without these sorts of information points, I'm not sure that cool one of a kind memorabilia pieces will really go insane like we've seen with cards. It's true 2 guys might always go to war over something (i.e., 1986 Buckner Mookie baseball), but cards seem to have a broader demand. Bragging rights in owning the 1 of 1 PSA 9 or 10 get a lot of people excited. Obviously enough.
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