I was curious when the cartoon was published, because I think today it is pretty well accepted that baseball cards have value, so a cartoon like that is not really saying anything more than at least we have art, or rare coins, or any other collectible that has an established market and sometimes (but not always) does better than the stock market.
Based on some quick searches, it looks like it is from March 1, 2007 which was well before the crash. So maybe Bramhall was ahead of the curve, predicting the upcoming bear market and recession! If anything it certainly would have seemed funnier at that time, since the market was doing well and baseball cards were seen as less mainstream than they are now.
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