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Joann1. If the bottom dropped out on vintage cards I'd buy like hell (assuming the bottom didn't drop out on everything else along with vintage cards, and I could still afford it). I would have all 4 T206 Cobbs, along with portraits of Johnson, Matty and Cy. I may never be able to afford those now, and would love to see and own them. I'd grab an E95 Cobb that right now is still out of reach, along with a T227. I really think I'd still be buying - I love the way these cards look, and don't think value plays that big a role in the fundamental decision to collect - although it may have a part in each indivdual card buying decision.
2. If the bottom dropped out because the market was flooded with undetectable counterfeits I would stop buying the sets affected. One of the things I like about vintage cards is the very idea that they are so old. If I didn't know they were old, they would lose a lot of appeal to me.
3. Sorry Kevin - I'm with John Wonkaticket on this one. I don't doubt you are very knowledgable, and I take Jim C's endorsement of your expertise seriously. However, to be honest it's just really hard for me to get all worried about very vague warnings and indefinite descriptions of a vintage doomsday. Maybe because the posts are so vague, they tend to fade into the noise of all of the other theories of the unsound footing of vintage cards (eg - XXX% of all cards in PSA Y holders are trimmed). That sort of thing. At some point you just tune it out, unless it's something like Ryan Christoff's posts about the Cuban Polar cards. In that case, there was enough clear detail, along with Mike's somewhat contrary findings when he had his physically analyzed, for collectors to make informed decisions. Just my opinion.
Joann