[JustinD]

Originally Posted by todeen

I am going to play devil's advocate about Pokemon (which I don't collect). I don't think Pokemon is a fad, like Beanie Babies was a fad. The subsection of card collectors that focus more on artistic mediums like Magic, Pokemon, comics, anime are just as likely to buy them due to nostalgia. In the 2020 runup, nostalgia drove the vintage card years 1980 - 2004. Jeter, Griffey, Chipper Jones, and other 90s HOF'ers were purchased by millenials who now had cash to buy cards they couldn't afford as kids. It has been, and will continue to be, the same with collectors of Pokemon and Magic. As millenials age and become more secure financially, I would predict that not only will late 1990s sports cards continue to rise in value (long term), but so will Pokemon and Magic. Millenials will drive the 1990s collectibles market just like Boomers drove the 1950s market.

I agree on Pokémon and I don’t collect it. My son did and I just see that excitement move through the last couple generations. Pokémon first edition was 1996, it has been consistently popular for 27 years…that is far past any comparison to beanie babies. They are here to stay and as those kids get older they are going to circle back just like we did.

We might think it silly, but I can’t imagine visiting a card show from now until my death that doesn’t include a Pokémon table, whether I like it or not.