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It seems like a lot of threads on other boards have been bashing on a lot of the new cards and saying stuff like "vintage never goes down" or the safest place to "invest" in baseball cards is to buy vintage. Stuff along those lines. I'm sure we've all heard it and I imagine some of us even believe it. I honestly think it could go either way. Obviously vintage has made a big run in the past several years and we've seen prices on a lot of mid grade 50's and 60's Rc's double or triple since the 2008/2009 period. Granted, those prices might have been artificially low because the economy was pretty rough during that time period, but after 8 years of economic expansion doesn't it make sense that it might be nearing a time when we have another little correction in the economy? Also I believe the vintage market has been strong because all of the baby boomers that grew up watching Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron play finally could afford to pick up some of their old baseball cards that their mom threw out. When these people decide it's time to sell who will absorb that inventory? In 20 years are the kids that grew up collecting in the 80's going to choose a 2nd or 3rd year Mickey Mantle over say a Michael Jordan RC, a card that many of us had, but sold too soon. Or comparing one baseball card to another, it seems as if the Bowman Chrome RC of Albert Pujols has both rarity and is relatively iconic in itself, will a card like that or Trout/Harper's Bowman Chrome Auto RC take the limited funds of a future collector? While now a lot of the "Baby Boomer" money is flowing towards the Mantle and Mays cards of yesteryear, will that trend continue? Only time will tell, but I'm not convinced that the market for cards from the 50's will hold up as well as everyone thinks. I also don't think that all current cards are doomed to slowly depreciate to the dollar bins. While there will always be a market for cards that are truly iconic (Mantle/Mays/Aaron/Clemente) RC's I could see these eventually being replaced by a new mount rushmore so to say. Cards like the Pujols Bowman Chrome, the Trout/Harper Bowman Chromes or in other sports the Jordan RC's and Brady/Manning Contender RC auto's. To sum it up most cards from the 50's aren't that rare, the kids that grew up in the 50's (baby boomers) are driving these prices, and the supply of older cards hitting the market may be increasing just as the demand for them is waning. So even though vintage looks like a can't miss deal now in hindsight that might not be the case. What do you guys think? Could we be witnessing a peak of sorts for cards from the 50's to early 70's?