Auction amounts - how high is high

[Touch'EmAll]

There are a lot of relatively new collectors - kids and collectors in their 20 - 40's.

These new collectors are probably more into modern cards. How many LeBron and Mike Trout cards can one continue to collect as the decades roll by?

At some point, they will want something new to them - vintage ! As collectors age, mature and discretionary income increases, there are going to be A LOT of these collectors move to vintage. Once us "oldies" pass away, the vintage market will not suffer and could actually boom to ever new dizzying heights.

Card collecting is here to stay. The population of this country is just going up and up and up - more collectors as time passes. Demand will increase. They are only so many nice cards of Cobb, Ruth and the like.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

Card collecting is here to stay. The population of this country is just going up and up and up - more collectors as time passes. Demand will increase. They are only so many nice cards of Cobb, Ruth and the like.

Huh?

https://www.census.gov/library/stori...he-nation.html

and...

Population declined in 17 states in 2021, according to an annual report from the Pew Charitable Trusts Fiscal 50 project. A long-term trend of reduced growth rate appears to have been amplified by COVID-19 deaths and continued restrictions on immigration.

[Shoeless Moe]

Leon ran an age Poll on here back in 2010........if you fast forward those numbers adding 12 years to everyone.

76% of the board (those who answered that is) is over 50.

And since most of the youngsters collect the more modern stuff, and yes there will always be a few exceptions......but sorry those exceptions ain't sniffing 76% ...a very small amount of under 40 collects vintage.

And yes I know they all want a 52 Mantle and a Ruth Card Ticket or Photo, but no one is gonna care about Nap Lajoie and Tris Speaker and even Stan Musial let alone the 1000's of players not at their stature in 30 years.

LeBron & Trout will be their vintage.......and LeBron Junior & Ken Griffey the 4th will be there current.

[Touch'EmAll]

Yes, I do believe the population of this country is going to trend up.

Micro level, there may be odd years with decline. But lets look at the bigger picture:

USA population Year 2000 = 282.2 million

2005 = 295.5 million

2010 = 309.3 million

2015 = 320.7 million

2020 = 329.5 million