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Posted By: barrysloate

The past five years or so have been a tremendous boom period for collectibles, and vintage baseball cards have dramatically increased in value. I think that boom period may be coming to an end, and you may only see significant increases in very rare and high quality material. And some of that may come down simply because it went too high too quickly.

Some may remember how E107's, especially HOFers, skyrocketed overnight, partly because so many rookie cards appear in the set. Now they have softened and do not command the prices they once did.

If you build a quality collection, and stay in for the long haul, I'm sure you will reap some benefits.

You can probably say the same about stocks. 2008 may not be a great year for the market, but if you are in for the long term and buy quality you will probably do fine.