The baby boomer's are an abnormally high population percentage. These boomers are what collected and cherished cards from the 1950's thru early 1970's.
As this population group passes, a relatively high amount of these cards will hit the market as sold by their heirs. The supply will increase, but will the demand match the increase in supply to keep prices stable?
Maybe the demand will not be enough to match supply and prices will drop for post-war vintage. Maybe the population of card collectors has increased proportionately with the population increase in the country and overall demand will be able to absorb the cards that will come to market, and prices will do just fine. Maybe a lot of the bjillions of modern card collectors will transition into post-war vintage and prices will actually increase.
There really is a surprising amount of post-war vintage out there. It's the pre-war quality material that is most scarce. I tend to feel the pre-war quality cards stand the best chance to increase in value.
If you do collect post-war (and pre-war also) vintage, remember centering is huge with the demand for near perfect centering at an all time high. These are the cards you will want to own.
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