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Originally Posted by LondonGames
pretty sure both of these examples are poor
1. Is the Peyton Manning SPA less now than it was 25 years ago?
2. When BGS started, the criteria for a BGS 9.5 was much harder than it is today. Fairly certain for the first few years of BGS, GEM rates overall were less than 5% and that contained sets like 1999 Molten Metal which were just about guaranteed 9.5s for the metal cards. for normal sets i'm pretty sure it was around 2-3%. 1989 Griffeys were damn near impossible. so not sure how you're comparing early BGS 9.5 prices for a Griffey to todays.
seems like an intellectually dishonest take on your part choosing BGS and not PSA. PSA 10 Griffeys are way up
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Those two cards in BGS 9.5+ slabs were the pinnacle of the hobby 25 years ago. I don’t know how you can rationalize using those examples as being intellectually dishonest. The point is that you can pick modern blue chips, be right about the importance and collectibility of the card, and still be wrong about the value over time.
I don’t remember PSA prices very well from back then. Would have to dig up the old Beckett mags. But I don’t think either card is beating the almost 4x return the S&P has given you since the peak of the Dot Com bubble. Like I said, treat them as depreciating collectibles and be thankful when they actually appreciate over time.