I was talking to a newest collector yesterday about prewar. He started collecting about 5 years ago. He did not believe me that between 2000-2014, cards prices in general stayed about the same. Sure, some cards would increase, but not to the levels of what we are seeing today. I called it a period of "card stagnant".
Its funny how no new collectors remember this period. Maybe 2023-2035 will revert back to that?