Over the last several years I've noticed the price of the earlier large cents going up rather quickly. I know some scoff at the Red Book, but I like to use it for valuing my collection. In the 2019 Red and Blue Books, I've noticed some of the Blue Book values are higher than their corresponding Red Book values. What's happening to the market?
I don't know, from what I saw of the prices realized at the EAC sale I thought they were dropping. (Some very tough stuff went for what I felt were cheap prices.)
I agree with Conder, and it's something I have been expecting to happen for the last couple years. The baby boomers are aging out of collection and the next cohort of collectors is just not as big. I believe the Dan Holmes sales circa 2010 were likely the high water mark.
