[Dbacksbaseball]

I think things can be simultaneously true. My opinion has changed a lot on this the past 18 months or so.

The Good.
-Interest has maintained a strong level. It dipped off a touch after covid, but it didnt fall through the floor as many suspected. It dipped and held.
- High end stuff has done the same, were off those peaks from covid, but it never floored like many suspected. Were probably in the best 5 year period overall for high end stuff.
-There are great speculative buying opportunities on Singles, because after the ceiling cards, there is a big fall off in realized prices. The singles market is generally soft outside of grand slam stuff, and elite top of the mountain players. Even good players with HOF track records/Trajectories can be had cost efficiently across all sports.

The Bad
- Its becoming an elitist hobby from a ripping POV. EV is at an all time low in terms of ripping. There is simply no value in it and that sucks because that is supposed to be the best part of it right?
-That has opened the door for breaking to get out of control.
-Which has in turn has left the printing press running.


I do think there is still regression at some level to come but I dont think its near term, and I do think 30-40 years from now we will look back on this era, as a junk wax era. But there are definitely way to do well in this kind of market still. A lot of it now starts with singles purchases though.