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Originally Posted by Brendan
Are you talking about cards that were already printed or cards that have not been printed yet? If you're talking about cards that haven't been printed yet, there is a legitimate chance that new cards don't come out anymore. People seem to go in that new card stuff for a few years, then move onto other things. Prewar collectors are very steady and I bet more will come in to replace the collectors of today.
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Brendan, I would agree with you about new cards to come except for one thing: there are regionals coming out all the time (Detroit News/Free Press 2006 Tigers and 2010 Fatheads Tigers, in my area come to mind), and they tend to expose new, potential collectors to cards and stimulate at least some interest in the more mainstream issues. But I understand where you're coming from--a lot of the present demand for new issues is speculative and/or transient in nature. I wouldn't want to be sitting on a $2,000 Mauer Gold Refractors Rookie right now, for example. However, I believe that out of the present new card mess some long term collectors will be born. I am a "glass is half full," rather than "half empty" type, though, as I have learned in my law practice over more than three decades that a significant percentage of the cases others have thought were better off abandoned can be won with some creativity and perseverance.
Larry