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Especially in the case of Goldin, but likely similar for Heritage, the high profile sets (Cracker Jack, Goudey, Boston Store, T206, etc.) combined with the most iconic players (Ruth, Cobb, Jackson, Wagner) bring limitless prices for those who travel in that space. The rest of us are left with everything else, i.e. - E & S, W575-1, one-off RPPC’s and all of these can be very up and down despite rarity and other factors in their favor. Today, nothing trumps the biggest cards of the biggest names and the collectors with the deepest pockets. Everyone else can expect their cards to surge sometimes and decline many other times. To me, that doesn’t make the overall hobby strong or weak, every item is pretty much on a case by case basis. In my opinion, the less money you have to spend, the more times you have to settle for what you can afford and that’s the stuff that has not excelled over the past 3-4 years since COVID. Yet that probably represents 95% of the hobbyists out there. In the old days, I believe a much higher percentage of hobbyists out there could afford the “big” cards. Of course, “big” is a relative term.