Do the prices on vintage ever go down?

[glynparson]

Yes

[Exhibitman]

Cards are like anything else, cyclical. We are in a weird one right now but it will end eventually and there will be some bargains out there on the current hot cards. Pre-2008 for a while you couldn't touch an E card. Now, touchable.

That said, and setting aside nefarious bubble manipulators, the blue chip cards have been steady gainers over the long term. Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, Williams, Mantle, Robinson, etc., no one has ever gone broke buying their cards and holding onto them. Some have stagnated, a few have decreased, most have increased steadily, a few have skyrocketed. If you collect a broad variety of superstars whose cards you are happy to have the hits will usually more than offset the misses. Has for me for decades. And let's be honest--this:



is sooo much more fun to own than this:

[Touch'EmAll]

Yes, some with big names have stagnated. My PSA Domino Discs of higher grade Cobb/W.Johnson/Matty, bought years ago have gone nowhere, even during this latest boom, basically zilch. That also goes for a couple nice S74 Silks I own of W.Johnson/Matty in SGC EX/EX-MT. Sigh, oh well. But the T206's up up & away !

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

Yes, some with big names have stagnated. My PSA Domino Discs of higher grade Cobb/W.Johnson/Matty, bought years ago have gone nowhere, even during this latest boom, basically zilch. That also goes for a couple nice S74 Silks I own of W.Johnson/Matty in SGC EX/EX-MT. Sigh, oh well. But the T206's up up & away !

That is what is known as the demand side of the equation, to me. I struggle greatly with super rare, awesome cards...because they aren't know about as much or collected as sets. The silks and discs suffer from this demand "devaluation".

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[JustinD]

Nothing in life is guaranteed.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Nothing in life is guaranteed.

Just death and taxes. And my wife's uncle getting drunk at Thanksgiving and making racially insensitive comments.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Just death and taxes. And my wife's uncle getting drunk at Thanksgiving and making racially insensitive comments.

You can pick your nose but you can't pick your family. And it really does have to with demand more than supply.

As has been said things can go down but big time HOF'ers less so. I thought I paid a lot for this a year or two ago but now it would be a bargain at that price.


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