The Future

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

...a Kobe Bryant rookie at $5,000 US was a good buy since he was getting inducted into the HOF. Folks, this was like a $700 US card before the pandemic started. How the f**k is that a good buy?

I think the future prices will largely depend on how many of these "investors" leave the hobby once society returns to normal...

The meteoric rise in largely unsustainable prices has led to a high-stakes game of Modern Card Musical Chairs.

I'd hate to be one of the people left standing when the music stops.

[bmattioli]

I've wondered how many members are collectors that don't really care about values and collect just to collect. Me? I don't sell and am a collector of things I wish I had in my youth..

[JollyElm]

The 'problem' with trying to decipher what's going to happen in the future is that it really doesn't matter at all, does it? The collecting mindset of WANT continually drives us all (to varying degrees) to seek out and obtain hits to our need lists or want lists. I want to meet the person who thinks the market bubble is going to burst, so they're happy to wait a year or two to pick up the card they really want...instead of making it happen somehow, someway right now or in the very near future, even if it is above their means. I imagine that's a pretty rare individual to find in this card collecting world of ours.

Originally Posted by bmattioli

I've wondered how many members are collectors that don't really care about values and collect just to collect. Me? I don't sell and am a collector of things I wish I had in my youth..

This is me. Been collecting on and off since 1972. Haven't sold a card. The market has had ups and downs but I could care less. I love baseball and baseball cards for the pure enjoyment. Same with my other hobbies of vintage toys from my childhood and hot rods from my younger days.