[theseeker]

.....sets and lots drying up?

For the last few years I have been working on completimg sets of all '60's and '70's issues. I also have dabbled in earlier issues during this time frame and have noticed a drop in sets and lots available across the board this year. This drop off has been particularly stark for items from the '60's and '70's, where there is only a tiny fraction of what was available at this time last year. This drop seems much more significant than what followed the September of 2008 crash. Despite the reduced availability, winning bids are down.

Are sellers simply waiting it out in hopes of better times? Is it the budgetary issues and the looming threat of a double dip resession? Or perhaps the lingering/accumlative effects of an economy largely stagnant for 3 straight years?

I do know that interest in collectables tend to rise during times when financial investments are down and in prolonged down economic times this interest wanes.

And lastly, is it the long predicted downward trend for items mostly of interest by the aging babyboomer segment of the market?