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Old 04-12-2025, 06:07 PM
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Memoribilia have no intrinsic value — and so unlike stocks, bonds and real estate— do not generate cash. Their value is extrinsic, i.e. based on appearance and/or what it could be sold for, which may not be its intrinsic value.

In the case of vintage cards you have pictures printed on cardboard. The intrinsic value of cardboard is $0. A T206 Honus Wagner sold for $7+ million. It’s extrinsic value is $7,000,000.

In options the greater the extrinsic value the greater the risk.
I used to own that Wagner, do you not think the person that sold it for 7+ bought is an "investment" or to keep in his collection long term??? I can assure it generated them a very large return.
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Old 04-12-2025, 06:11 PM
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I used to own that Wagner, do you not think the person that sold it for 7+ bought is an "investment" or to keep in his collection long term??? I can assure it generated them a very large return.
I don’t know. You have to ask him. For all we know in hundred years the whole card collecting business could be viewed as another Tulip mania.
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Old 04-12-2025, 06:58 PM
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I don't look at any of the cards or other memorabilia I collect as assets. All I know is that at some point I need to put a document together telling the family what to do with it all after I kick the bucket. I'm sure they're going to be a little surprised.

For those that have been doing this for a long time, I'm sure the stuff is worth a lot more now than when it was purchased 20, 30, 40 years ago but I'm guessing not many people were thinking, "hey, this stuff is going to be worth bank in 2, 3, or 4 decades." If they did, I'm sure the valuations today are well beyond what they were thinking.
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I don’t know. You have to ask him. For all we know in hundred years the whole card collecting business could be viewed as another Tulip mania.
Manias tend to last just a few years. That one, the Nasdaq in the late '90s, the junk wax boom of '89-'92. Or even quicker, like the recent pandemic boom in collectibles.

Sportscards (especially vintage) have had a large, mostly stable market for at least 40 years now. I'd hope that bodes well for the business not being a flash in the pan.
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