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Old 03-13-2025, 07:24 AM
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PSA subs and wait times should be a pretty good barometer.
Wait times on ticket grading from their recent special is an insane 6 months.

It is great to see young kids in the hobby. My personal experience is they couldn't care less about the cards and are all about if they just made money or not.

I purchased a couple hundred factory auto and patch cards to go along with a ton of Twins cards. I am in Twins country. I would but together lots of 10 cards with 1 auto and 1 patch card in each lot. I sat up at 3 different Farmers markets selling produce. I bought the cards to give to the kids being drug to the market by their parents/grandparents. The first couple weeks all the kids wanted them. Then when I would see the same kid again they would say they didn't want any because they are not worth anything.
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Old 03-13-2025, 10:20 AM
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I recently walked the floor of the West Coast National (Renamed from the Burbank Card Show) in Ontario. I saw several young men, and entire families, wheeling and dealing everywhere - trading/buying/selling. Several dealers had piles of cash to entice the seller and I saw a lot of people being paid in cash.

Every dealer I stopped and chatted with tried to get me to sell, or send to their auction, etc, some or all of my vintage cards. I do sell a few now and then, but mainly just buy and add to my collection.

It seems the demand for 1969 and earlier is endless. Definitely more demand than supply.

It's much easier with the modern cards - just like the treasury department and money - just make more to meet the demand! Heck, who doesn't like the new remake of the Challenger and Camaro, however, if you owned an original like I did, it's just not the same!
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Kids are very involved in this hobby in the DFW area.
DFW? Does that have something to do with Pokemon?

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The bad news is some of the kids collect and some are in it only for the $$$$.
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It is great to see young kids in the hobby. My personal experience is they couldn't care less about the cards and are all about if they just made money or not.

I purchased a couple hundred factory auto and patch cards to go along with a ton of Twins cards. I am in Twins country. I would but together lots of 10 cards with 1 auto and 1 patch card in each lot. I sat up at 3 different Farmers markets selling produce. I bought the cards to give to the kids being drug to the market by their parents/grandparents. The first couple weeks all the kids wanted them. Then when I would see the same kid again they would say they didn't want any because they are not worth anything.
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At a small monthly card show we have here in the bay area I've watched TCG's completely take over. About 2 years ago they would take up about 10percent of the space, the last show it was over half. I think TCG's are or have already overtaken sports cards in popularity.
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Trading Card Games?

Yeah, Pokemon, Magic, etc..
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My 14-year-old son mixes it up -- he'll buy singles of his favorite teams/players, then occasionally buy a box hoping to make a hit. He usually pulls something he knows he can sell on eBay to make his money back ... then do it all over again next time. No interest in vintage yet -- but I didn't at his age either.
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I'm personally amazed how well things are holding up for ultra-modern releases considering the cost of the buy-in.

It's been gambling for a long time. Hell, you can't economically put together a base set from packs for at least 10-15 years.

There's the hardcore boutique products that bring many 100s to 1000s per box as a suggested retail price.

No matter what one thinks of this state of the hobby, it exists and it's thriving.

Myself, I'm out here buying singles. I don't have the appetite for the gamble at the buy-in price.
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At a small monthly card show we have here in the bay area I've watched TCG's completely take over. About 2 years ago they would take up about 10percent of the space, the last show it was over half. I think TCG's are or have already overtaken sports cards in popularity.
Most of the grading card business now comes from TCG doesn't it?
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It is not a unitary market. A 1983 Fleer is way different than a 1996 pinnacle is way different than a 2020 panini. I’ve been doing well selling 1980-1998 cards on eBay.
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It is not a unitary market. A 1983 Fleer is way different than a 1996 pinnacle is way different than a 2020 panini. I’ve been doing well selling 1980-1998 cards on eBay.
Regarding the 1980-1998 cards. Are these base cards such as 1983 topps or 1997 topps? Thanks
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Old 03-20-2025, 10:23 AM
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Most of the grading card business now comes from TCG doesn't it?
Its close if it hasn't already surpassed it will soon
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