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Originally Posted by brian1961
My response may be irrelevant, but when I was heavily buying high quality Mickey Mantle items in the late 1980s to late 90s, the good stuff was very hard to find. I NEVER looked for a good deal; I was focused on looking for a great card.
I suppose my reflections are irrelevant because prices have skyrocketed since that time. Be that as it may, the pursuit for the perfect and a paucity in population has never ceased. --- Brian Powell
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No -- totally relevant. Mantle is the prime exemplar of the generational megastar that has staying power. But I personally don't feel that most baseball HOFers are going to be much remembered by a large percentage of fans. Every time a poll is taken the average harder core baseball fan is about 50 years old. I wish someone would do a creditable poll on the average age of Vintage (worthless term but lets say pre-1980) collectors. I bet it would also be about 50. Lol
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