Some interesting observations in junk wax marketing and trends

[Classic Wax Cards]

There definatelty needs to be more data to form better analytics. The users can find the pin from searching Reggie jackson, 1986 topps, or anything else that is represented in the keywords I used. What I find interesting is no matter how they find it (pinterest uses an unknown search algorithm like facebook or google) they did search something relevant to that card. 27 times over. Almost double to the next most popular of my posted cards. For a marketer like me, that info is $.

[Tripredacus]

Junk era wax is definately up from the past 5-10 years. Almost double in some cases. It is still cheap in some cases, but there was a time where you couldn't give away a 1989 Topps wax and now they are actually selling.

[Classic Wax Cards]

I see that too. I think it has a little to do with the collectors who were kids in the 80s era that are now in their 30s-40s and have reached point in their life where they are stable enough to have hobbies or a little extra expendable money, and want a piece of their childhood back to offset the midlife crisis, yet cant afford a corvette or a 23 year old girlfriend. At least thats how it is for me. Im collecting all the cards now that were sooo big back then, that I couldnt afford. I can buy them all day now for cheap. Its good for the industry too.

[Exhibitman]

That's a good point Eric. I've been buying cards from the 1990s that I wanted and that are soooo friggin cheap now. Really beautiful cards of HOFers for next to nothing. With so little money involved it is a pure exercise in amusement.