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Aaron M.You bring up an interesting point, Martin. Regardless of sub-hobby, Mastro's action was light. Check out this thread on the vintage non-sports card message board, concerning sharp decreases in prices for non-sports cards from previous Mastro auctions:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/526604/thread/1220021296/last-1220065232/Mastronet+-+Aug+2008
Again, it makes me wonder. It's not like just PSA graded baseball cards are experiencing a market down turn. EVERYTHING is selling for less at Mastro. Art, antiques, sports cards, non-sports cards, sports memoribilia, etc.
It makes it harder to say, "well baseball cards are declining in value", because the decline is so comprehensive. With obvious individual item exceptions, if you base values on Mastro's sales figures, then basically all collectibles are declining in value.
I think you could look at the economy as a whole and say what the collectibles world is facing is a just a microcosm and reflection of that, but it could also raise supicions.