Vintage Card Performance During A Recession

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Originally Posted by packs

You can buy a T206 Cobb, Matty, Johnson or Young any day you feel like it. Same for the Goudey Ruths and Gehrigs. They're easily found. When the lifetime collections are divvied up and sold these are likely to be the cornerstone cards that go first. But I do agree with you on the postwar drop. Maybe people will still be interested in Topps or Bowman runs but I would think interest will take a serious hit. Who knows, maybe 80s and 90s junk wax becomes huge again.

Maybe in lower grades. In PSA 5 or above the Cobb pop ranges from 100 (green) to 336 (red). Ruth pop ranges from 162 (#53) to 255 (#144). These cards aren't going to be dumped and any that come onto the market will be gobbled up.