Posted By:
JimCrandellBarry,
What I am saying is that the hobby is attracting wealthy vintage collectors who as far as I can tell are every bit as passionate about the hobby as poor vintage collectors. These vintage collectors want to know the card is legit and they want it to be as high grade as possible. When wealthy people buy something they want the best or for it to be at the high end.
This will continue to drive high grade vintage sportscard pricing higher, in my opinion, as supply of high end material is limited and demand continues to increase. I think pricing will continue to be the strongest over time at the high end and we will see a continued widening of the gap between mid grade and high grade vintage material.
Vintage raw nrmt-mt cards will become relatively rare as collecions when they change hands will be graded.
Most raw collections that I have heard described as nrmt or nrmt-mt aren't by todays grading standards of PSA and SGC.
So if one wants to play in psa 8 or better prewar, cost is high but I am betting the appreciation will be high as well.
T206 Collector,
I think you have to consider the pops of SGC and GAI as well.
And yes--demand for a nbparticular set is critical and nowhere does it seem so strong as T206. I keep debating whether to sell some of my 155 or so PSA 8s as I never will complete the set in high grade but so far it has been a good decision to hold back.
Jim