For those who believe today’s values are up……

[jsfriedm]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

The card market is very cyclical 2021 early summer-fall 2023 was the HYPE Market Era….it’s come and went. I will remember this period for the next time it comes up…and it will.

Genuine question - why do you think this period will come up again? People have said that the card market is "cyclical" but it seems that there have really only been two booms - one in the late 1980s/early 1990s, and the second during the very peculiar circumstances of Covid. That is an "n" of 2 - hardly enough data to derive a pattern, I would think, and easier to explain by the specifics of each instance. How and why do you imagine there will be a similar boom in the future?

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

and the second during the very peculiar circumstances of Covid

Bit of nit-picking on the "COVID era" but if you drill down into the start of the upswing, it started in the late-summer/early-fall of 2019.

COVID totally kicked things in high gear, but even before we had the first shutdowns in the US we had people staking out Target/Walmart in Jan/Feb 2020 running over each other for blaster box restocks.

It will historically be known as the COVID-era, easily and rightfully, but things were churning before then.

I wonder what the market would have been without the COVID shutdowns and the things that came along with it.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Genuine question - why do you think this period will come up again? People have said that the card market is "cyclical" but it seems that there have really only been two booms - one in the late 1980s/early 1990s, and the second during the very peculiar circumstances of Covid. That is an "n" of 2 - hardly enough data to derive a pattern, I would think, and easier to explain by the specifics of each instance. How and why do you imagine there will be a similar boom in the future?

Fear of Missing Out will strike again to the wealthy collectors/and investors along with those dealers and collectors who remember making a ton of money during this period. Many people sold for large profits during this past 3 years.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Genuine question - why do you think this period will come up again? People have said that the card market is "cyclical" but it seems that there have really only been two booms - one in the late 1980s/early 1990s, and the second during the very peculiar circumstances of Covid. That is an "n" of 2 - hardly enough data to derive a pattern, I would think, and easier to explain by the specifics of each instance. How and why do you imagine there will be a similar boom in the future?

I believe we are down/flat for the next few years on a lot of the card market. Sure, some high end/rare cards will continue to rise. But the common stuff? Down to flat.