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Posted By: DJ

As a collector of Original Boxing Broadsides as well from the 40's and 50's, I feel your pain.

I remember focusing on an n172 card that I wanted in a glossy catalog and realizing that it was one of the top five on my want list. I valued the card at $1,800 in that condition (it was VG) and I was going to go $3,300 max. In my 25+ years collecting (sold off a lot throughout), I never thought I would pay double of what I think something is worth. Well, the card sold for $6,300 and I shook my head.

That's the sign of the times I guess and you basically have two types of philosphies. The one that says that I will probably have to pay $10K for that same card in five years or the one that says that 'the bubble will burst' and maybe I can pick that card up for $4K in a couple years.

Monitoring prices as I do, I'm hoping prices do come down and hope for the steady increase that used to occur in vintage cardboard. Only the future knows....

DJ