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Originally Posted by Hankphenom
1) Is anyone trying to collect sets of anything "modern," as in post-1980 or so?
2) If we say that cards at the National were 75% modern as opposed to vintage, to pick a number, what are they? Insert cards from the 90s onward, rookie cards of modern and current stars, etc.?
3) Pretty much by definition, it strikes me that anything scarce in the modern category is a result of artificial rarity created by the manufacturers. Is this what all these dealers and flippers are at the National and other shows selling and in search of? Are there any actual collectors of these cards to speak of?
Any other observations re the modern side of the hobby would be helpful for my understanding of it, and welcome. Thank you.
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1) Yes, lots of people build sets. There's just also tons of base and so it isn't expensive or a challenge.
3) I mean, this is almost always the case in all of hobby history. Scarcity is a reflection of print run; they didn't make many Drum backs for some reason, they don't make many gold superfractor's. Now they short print the inserts to produce a chase factor, but that's been the case since the early 90's in most sets, and dates back much further (many vintage sets have particular cards within it shorted). People actually collect inserts.