Crystal ball for 2022

[hcv123]

Cards values go up or pull back?

The cream will continue to rise to the top - a greater shift to premiums for high eye appeal for the grade cards. Everything but the cream will pull back a bit, but not a lot.

Grading companies- changes?

PSA excitedly reintroduces their value tier with 100 card minimum at $50 per card!

SGC continues to think about reintroducing a set registry but likely will not make a decision till at least 2023

An unknown suitor swoops in and buys Beckett - introduces a set registry inclusive of all 3 major grading companies and starts to gain market share

NFTs - big thing or no big deal?

Not a clue!

MLB lockout in 2022

For a lot of reasons I sure hope not

[bnorth]

All card prices will increase dramatically.

Alterations will become WAY more accepted.

The big 5 grading companies will make money hand over fist.

Not a damn thing will happen to anybody for all the shady(now accepted) stuff that had been going on in the hobby for decades.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by bnorth

All card prices will increase dramatically.

Alterations will become WAY more accepted.

The big 5 grading companies will make money hand over fist.

Not a damn thing will happen to anybody for all the shady(now accepted) stuff that had been going on in the hobby for decades.

Ugh...

Hope you are wrong on all counts. But not holding my breath.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Ugh...

Hope you are wrong on all counts. But not holding my breath.

I have hoped for the opposite for decades and it has never happened so I figured I would try this.

[marzoumanian]

My latest monthly blog, entitled, "When Will the Hobby Crash?" addresses what I believe the future holds. It can be found at www.markearzoumanian.com. Then click on the "Love of the Hobby" section. My opinion, worth two cents only, is that prices for vintage sports cards, especially those slabbed in higher grades, will continue to rise. Incredible sums of money continue to float out there, looking for a home. Peace.

[campyfan39]

Good article

Originally Posted by marzoumanian

My latest monthly blog, entitled, "When Will the Hobby Crash?" addresses what I believe the future holds. It can be found at www.markearzoumanian.com. Then click on the "Love of the Hobby" section. My opinion, worth two cents only, is that prices for vintage sports cards, especially those slabbed in higher grades, will continue to rise. Incredible sums of money continue to float out there, looking for a home. Peace.

[iwantitiwinit]

There's no stopping t206 off backs!!! People can't resist those little gems and it's hard to break the habit.