Pittsburgh 24
02-25-2014, 03:34 PM
I was scrolling through a cool thread yesterday, showcasing some favorite cards from personal collections. Lots of neat cards, but as I was going through it hit me that there are A LOT of "rare" cards for today's superstars. According to Trading Card Database, there are over 30 autographs of Andrew Luck in 2013 football. With an average print run of 25, that means there are 750 autos available, just from 2013. If he stays a hobby favorite for 6 years, that means there could be 4500 Luck auto's available. I wouldn't call that a rare number of auto's. And that's just auto's, not to mention the crazy amount of jersey relics/printing plates/refractors, etc that are flooding the market. It seems like the card manufacturers are slapping a serial number on everything they make, creating some quick demand. But will the demand hold? I don't see how it can over the long run. So what do you think, are we headed for deja-vu all over again like the late 80's and early 90's when flea markets were loaded with dealers who couldn't even give their cards away?