Posted By:
Greg EcklundI agree with Bob that supplies are much tighter than they were even a few years ago...more cards do seem to be going into collections and staying.
It is also not entirely accurate to compare the vintage card market to internet stocks or tulips as there were not finite supplies of either stock or tulips - as the demand for internet stocks grew, you saw new startups created and new IPO's in order to satisfy investor demand. Tulips - the same thing - if you wanted more you simply had to grow them. Cards simply can't function that way - American Caramel can't crank up the presses anymore to print cards that would meet the increasing demand. The best comparisons to cards would probably be old toys or vintage art - in both of those cases, as with cards, the supply is pretty much set outside of the occasional "finds" that still happen but with less frequency.