Is there anything which can "destroy" the hobby?

[BBCgalaxee]

Is there any ONE THING which can destroy or severely hurt this hobby?

For instance, what if a major company admitted that most of the autos in their products aren't legit.

Or what happens if, for whatever reason, mlb strips topps of their license and there are no more topps baseball cards?

 

[kryslarry]

Is there any ONE THING which can destroy or severely hurt this hobby?

Topps

 

[WCTYSON]

If Topps/Bowman no longer did baseball, I would be out.

 

[Casebusters]

Is there any ONE THING which can destroy or severely hurt this hobby??

Chaz Roe in Topps Dynasty

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[Brewer Andy]

Greed

 

[BBCgalaxee]

Chaz Roe in Topps Dynasty

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As long as he is in a Yankee uniform it's ok.

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[DeliciousBacon]

No. As long as there are people who truly enjoy collecting cards, the hobby will never completely die.

 

[ASTROBURN]

Another strike.

 

[finestkind]

The hobby will never go away completely. For what ever bad comes of it.

 

[Brewer Andy]

Thing is, if after today they never produced another single baseball card people would still collect the millions already out there. In fact, that may actually help in the long run lol

 

[zach]

One could argue it's on life-support right now.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Mike Trout testing positive for PEDs would be an epic disaster for the hobby and turn many off.

 

[sportscardtheory]

Thing is, if after today they never produced another single baseball card people would still collect the millions already out there. In fact, that may actually help in the long run lol

I was going to say something of this nature. Buy/collect what has "already happened" and you will be fine, future HOFers, HOFers, vintage, retired players, etc. It's the only way to really protect yourself in this hobby of ours.

 

[smapdi]

If, for some reason or other, there were no new cards being made, it would turn off a huge segment of the hobby, and push the whole thing father underground. There will always be collectors, but for every guy who only collects old stuff there are 50 who only collect new stuff, or open new boxes. I'd have to think that 49 of those 50 would go off and find new things to get excited about.

 

[sheetskout]

Nothing realistic in my opinion. This hobby has lasted for decades and is more resiliant than you think it is. It may go through it's ups-and-downs, but it'll be here for a long time.

 

[WCTYSON]

I was going to say something of this nature. Buy/collect what has "already happened" and you will be fine, future HOFers, HOFers, vintage, retired players, etc. It's the only way to really protect yourself in this hobby of ours.

This would eliminate most to the pricing speculation. Profits from which, I use to build my personal collection of HOF autos, etc. If I took this approach to my collecting, it would really limit my resources to build it.

 

[NY Tony]

Even if topps goes bankrupt people would eventually flock to Panini and UD would miraculously get their license back


Nothing I think would kill the hobby as people would merely collect what has already been produced



I think if somehow eBay was shut down permanently that would negatively impact the hobby much more than a manufacturer closing it's doors

 

[gracecollector]

After a new mutation of Dutch Elm Disease spreads to affect 50% of North America's tree species, eco-minded voters convince Congress that all non-essential printed paper products should be available in electronic format in an effort to save the remaining deciduous forests. Paper and wood pulp is severely rationed and baseball cards are deemed superfluous and non-essential. Plastics suffer a similar fate as the world's landfills get out of control, so no acetate cards either. Only electronic "cards" survive.

And then a rogue asteroid takes out Duryea, Pennsylvania.

 

[sportscardtheory]

This would eliminate most to the pricing speculation. Profits from which, I use to build my personal collection of HOF autos, etc. If I took this approach to my collecting, it would really limit my resources to build it.

That is kind of my point though. Even in the worst times the hobby has seen, vintage/HOF has held strong. The stuff you are flipping for SHOULD hold strong if the modern market ever goes down and out. Money will ALWAYS be in the hobby, it's what it's being spent on that controls demand.

 

[rsmath]

Buy/collect what has "already happened" and you will be fine, future HOFers, HOFers, vintage, retired players, etc. It's the only way to really protect yourself in this hobby of ours.

and make sure they are dead ones. You don't want the living ones killing their collecting value by doing something boneheaded.

I would add to this topic the death of existing collectors. If all the middle-aged and old collectors died, there would be no more hobby as the youth are going for gaming cards.