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Originally Posted by packs
I have always thought that sometime in the next 10 to 20 years, when most boomers will be in their 70s and 80s you'll see mass sell offs of lifetime collections, which will mean diluting the market and disrupting supply vs demand pricing. If that does actually happen I don't see any way around a significant price drop on cards that are easily found in many collections: T206 Cobbs, Mattys, Johnsons, Youngs, Goudey Ruths, Gehrigs, etc.
The best case scenario for anyone is to try to time that period and sell high. Then buy back in when it hits and end up with better cards for less.
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Those cards aren't easily found in collections. What is and is going to take a hit are postwar Topps & Bowman. They are far more plentiful than tobacco and early gum cards. Most baby boomers collect what they did as kids. I think people holding prewar cards of the big names are fine.