My brother and his son were there and said it was absolutely packed. They’re into modern basketball, which maybe somewhat represents the demographic of that aspect of the hobby. They spent quite a bit of money on several boxes and ripped the packs open together to create a great memory and try to discover a Cooper Flagg auto. Same perhaps for modern baseball, lots of younger collectors accompanied by their patent(s), or their parents getting back into the hobby and introducing their kids to it with today’s superstars.
I’m curious if the continued and lasting strength of this collecting hobby is mostly driven by the total demographics…many young parents with kids (or modern collectors sans kids) decades away from retirement and no material impact on their current living expenses from a downturn in the stock market (their money of which is more likely tied up in 401ks, than active stock market investment).
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