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Posted By: identify7

During the eighties and before, you could buy any prewar card and find that very desirable appreciation of its value was realized. Since that time however, things have been different. Not every prewar purchase has exhibited desireable (from a pure investment standpoint) growth in value.

Specifically, cards from the 40s, 30s, and many from the twenties, and several from the teens have not doubled in value every seven years. Numerous cards in higher grades still appear to be fully priced.

Certainly rarer cards have done well, as have nineteenth century issues. But many t206s, goudeys, playballs, and others have not performed nearly as strongly as their previous history indicated they may.

So what is the better current investment choice? Is it better to get on the bandwagon of the cards which have performed well since the nineties, or is it accurate that those current weaker performers are poised for renewed vigor?

In my view, the bubble has burst; since you can no longer just buy any prewar card and expect strong appreciation.