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Posted By: davidcycleback

One thing about collecting quality baseball memorabilia is that collectors have always been collectors-- they collected when they eight year olds on $1 allowance and millionaires, poor college kid and comfortable retiree. There can be an effect on the amount of money entering the market, but there will always been people who actively collect baseball memorabilia no matter what their income or the economy. If you have quality memorabilia, there will be people who want it.

Also, that your great grandfather and you collect the same T206s, Walter Johnson autographs and White Sox Pennants illustrates that collecting baseball memorabilia as fragile fad was disproven about 90 years ago. A collector today and a fan who died at the age of 75 in 1915 could sit with each other (with help of Dr Who time machine, of course) and have a great time talking to each about the same exact material and subjects-- tobacco cards, through the mail autographs, cabinet photos, Ty Cobb. This says a lot about the strength and timelessness of the hobby.