I think the whole collectible market is very suppressed after the huge spikes during COVID, so it is hard to tell how things will settle in the long run.
I've wondered about this in the past (the idea that as time goes on, people are less and less interested in the past). It is possible that the younger generation today will be that way, but in the past, it seems that people continue to pay attention. People still collect items from the Chinese dynasties of hundreds (or thousands) of year ago. Coins for ancient Greece. Vintage furniture etc. And the hobby seems to be the same. I see many people under 40 who collected for years and have over time migrated to vintage.
I think that some see the present as a threat to the history. I think that for many, it is a gateway to the history. You watch Ohtani, and at some point start to learn more deeply about other two-way players like Babe Ruth or Bullet Rogan in the Negro Leagues. Or you look at a power/speed combination and here stories of Willie Mays etc.
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