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JohnI hear you DJ, but we also have to take our pre-war blinders off here. We are not the mainstream we are the minority. For every one of us who collects old judges for potential investment or just to collect in general there are 100’s if not 1000’s of people buying Sammy Sosa jerseys and cards. Why do these people buy these items? Because of the precedence’s we have set in the pre-war market. That old stuff is worth money, there for when this Sosa card is 40 yrs old it we worth as much as that 40 yr Mantle card.
Millions and millions of dollars are spent in this hobby on new goods which do depreciate just like cars, stereo’s etc. The stuff that retains value for the most part A.K.A pre-war has a fatal flaw. There is not enough supply to fill the investing or collecting demand of today’s market (hence today’s prices). There is plenty of opportunities in investing be it stocks, real estate, 401k’s, IRA’s etc. In pre-war there is not. If pre-war baseball cards are such a perfect moneymaker, and so much safer and more profitable than any form of investing today. Why isn’t every person in America buying antiques?
Most everything goes up in value with time or as it gets older, Stars Wars figures, clocks, furniture, cars, coins, glassware etc. Baseball cards aren’t alone here. All of these hobbies have had their dips too. I think ours is fast approaching.
Dick mainstream or not actual rarity or availability of items has very little effect on price. Perfect case in point T206 Wagner vs. Leon’s “Four Base Hits” Kelly card, which is more valuable and more in demand.