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<p>[QUOTE="Circus, post: 4083427, member: 51195"]Hasn't the High prices for cards gotten lower in the last few yearss. and maybe the baseball area is still decent but any of the other sports and non sports cards are very hard to move. All I know in the Detroit Metro area a lot of the shops that deal in sports cards have closed.</p><p>Have had some Tiger lapel pins, 7/11 coin and pistons coins that were for sale complete sets and all I got were silly offers. Even if the prices were way below what they cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not being a stick and ball guy I don't follow it closely</p><p>Here you go</p><p><a href="https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/why-baseball-cards-aren-t-worth-what-they-used-to-be-1.11540318" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/why-baseball-cards-aren-t-worth-what-they-used-to-be-1.11540318" rel="nofollow">https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/why-baseball-cards-aren-t-worth-what-they-used-to-be-1.11540318</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That hobby has the same problem as the coin and stamp hobbies. not to mention most others. Old collectors are dying off and younger new collectors aren't coming into the hobbies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Circus, post: 4083427, member: 51195"]Hasn't the High prices for cards gotten lower in the last few yearss. and maybe the baseball area is still decent but any of the other sports and non sports cards are very hard to move. All I know in the Detroit Metro area a lot of the shops that deal in sports cards have closed. Have had some Tiger lapel pins, 7/11 coin and pistons coins that were for sale complete sets and all I got were silly offers. Even if the prices were way below what they cost. Not being a stick and ball guy I don't follow it closely Here you go [URL]https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/why-baseball-cards-aren-t-worth-what-they-used-to-be-1.11540318[/URL] That hobby has the same problem as the coin and stamp hobbies. not to mention most others. Old collectors are dying off and younger new collectors aren't coming into the hobbies.[/QUOTE]
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