Vintage RC price explosion

[ullmandds]

I can't justify the cost of the rose rookie...I much prefer the 64'...but in my collection resides a nice autographed 64' kahns!!!!

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I can't justify the cost of the rose rookie...I much prefer the 64'...but in my collection resides a nice autographed 64' kahns!!!!

That's nice!

[SPMIDD]

I agree that second year cards are the way to go if the rookie card is out of the question due to price. I have used that strategy in the past and I have a bunch of them myself. As far as the Rose rookie goes, I think the floating head card is awesome and am thankful that I have one in my collection but I might be a bit biased since I am such a Reds fan.

[hcv123]

Baseball cards like many other "commodities" are ultimately supply and demand driven markets. When demand outpaces supply there is upward price pressure. When Supply outpaces demand there is downward price pressure.

It is not a simple straight line, but for the purposes of this response, I will keep it simple.

Barring a massive find, the supply of vintage cards is relatively finite and not going to change. So the argument has to be made that there has been a significant spike in demand driving the price appreciation. The real key as to what happens to prices moving forward is going to be tied to where all this new demand is from and what happens with it moving forward. With the amount of mainstream coverage that has been received, don't discount the possibility that demand can still increase! That said, if demand decreases - so too prices will follow.