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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
The supply of good cards is relentless. It seems every week there are two or three new significant auctions. Is there just endless demand that will absorb it all at strong prices? Personally, I have auction fatigue just from looking at them all.
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How many people do you think came back into the hobby during the pandemic?
I suspect it's a lot.
And if I had to guess, most of them are probably 40-60 years old, with plenty of disposable income to blow on luxuries like collectibles.
Plus they might have the psychological benefit of being used to the current prices, so it's not shocking to their senses like it is to those of us spoiled by the much lower prices pre-pandemic.
I would guess that's a big engine behind the current market. That and to some extent, I suspect that fewer items are actually coming onto the market compared to before, simply because we're all holding that much more tightly onto our existing collections, and looking to grow them rather than shrink them.