In an effort to try to get this thread back to my original issue - what were the reasons for the "dips" in the sportscard market in the past? What role will inflation play on this? What role does the overall economy play? I wish my memory was good enough to remember the exact years when this happened, but we all know there have been periods of time when the values went down significantly. What were some of the causes?
Also, it seems like we haven't seen a significant pullback in values for a while, and I have spent some time wondering how new things like third party grading, ebay, vcp.com, etc. will have an impact on any potential pullback. Could these new elements make a pullback worse, or could they reduce the effect of a potential pullback?
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