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Posted By: identify7

Yeah.

New sport card sales peaked at over a billion about a dozen years ago. But there were just too many types and companies serving that market. The falloff in new card sales has resulted in current sales being about a quarter of the peak. A percentage of those collectors have transitioned into pre-war, and other collectors have joined them (and us).

The resultant shrinking of the new card market should help it, while the influx of collectors is strengthening our pre-war cards. I believe that we are not facing a bubble which will burst, however, I am facing a budget which currently purchases less cards than it formerly had. I forecast prices continuing to rise due to the health of this hobby.

As far as the picture for dealers, I will defer comment to those better versed in those considerations.