When to know the hobby is DIEing!

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

the real question is the Etc part...when you guys say babe ruth 1933, mickey mantle 1952. ETC .....what exatly is the ETC...how many rock solid cards are there ? 5? 10?

would a t206 green cobb be one of them?

Bro- your reading into this too much, i was just saying if any of 'my' iconic childhood' treasures would become more affordable, i buy them, if they were declining.
Collect what-ever you wanna collect, and sure Cobb is a great player to collect.

Seems like your creating or wanting a list of cards that will retain value or such. If investing for the long haul is your motive, then maybe a IRA account is the path. I just collect, to just collect the players i like. Im not here to start a discussion on what-ifs or what the future holds.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Bro- your reading into this too much, i was just saying if any of 'my' iconic childhood' treasures would become more affordable, i buy them, if they were declining.
Collect what-ever you wanna collect, and sure Cobb is a great player to collect.

Seems like your creating or wanting a list of cards that will retain value or such. If investing for the long haul is your motive, then maybe a IRA account is the path. I just collect, to just collect the players i like. Im not here to start a discussion on what-ifs or what the future holds.

No, like I said its hobby for me..gonna lose money like any hobby...its just people keeps saying certain cards for sure are rock solid...52 mantle, 1933 ruth...and then ETC... I just making a point that there will be a dispute as to what is rock solid...

[DaveW]

I think that the only way for the hobby to truly die would be for the forgers to get so good that it would be impossible to tell the difference between real vintage cards and new copies.

[ALR-bishop]

If they got so good no one could tell the difference who would know

[DaveW]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

If they got so good no one could tell the difference who would know

Prices might tank when 10,000 T206 Wagners get slabbed by PSA

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by DaveW

Prices might tank when 10,000 T206 Wagners get slabbed by PSA

Oh, no.....then it might just be a hobby again.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

If they got so good no one could tell the difference who would know

Examples made by different means always leave tracks--the key is getting to know what those tracks are.

All the best, Al,

Larry