What I have noticed being mainly a player/niche collector is rare items are far far harder to acquire than almost any high $ card. Say a goudey ruth or cobb portrait that you see for sale almost daily. It’s not that these rare items don’t exist it’s people don’t want to sell them.
Humans like rarity, so say when someone is going to retire they think hmm ill sell my ‘51 mantle and my ‘54 aaron. But this obscure 1920s minor league team photo and this 1895 tin type of a random person with a baseball uniform on. Think ill keep them.
(Rip niche collector looking for that photo for the last 20 years) These items can bring the most joy to even the highest of high rollers collections.
I also feel with such intense prices more and more people will turn into niche collectors, especially new vintage collectors. Which seems to be a ton lately.
My main takeaway is this: Buy A 1934 Exhibit 4 in 1 with ruth and gehrig! Boy oh boy those are underpriced and extremely rare!
But seriously, don’t sell something you love that you know you could never get back.
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