We all have been addicted to the buying and selling of trading cards as children, before forgetting about this playful activity and contemplating with surprise that the new generations absorb the hobby by infused science…
The number of fans has reached such high levels that the Indian company Econ Market Research, one of the main market research and business intelligence companies, has carried out a study on the sector. The report covers historical and forecast market analysis by segment, not only for trading cards, but for all types of sports collectibles and across a geographic scope that includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and 13 more countries.
According to Econ Market Research's study, applicable to the decade 2023-2032, the global sports collectibles market size is set to triple by 2032, with the North America geographic area set to achieve a constant compound annual growth rate of 13.74% over the forecast period, but, of course, the MLB, NFL and NBA are mostly responsible for this steady rise. The region's deep-rooted sports culture, high collector purchasing power, and extensive fan involvement are in addition to create a constant demand for memorabilia.
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The cyclical nature of major events, sporting seasons, and rising talents is linked to market changes. Overall, the mood, market trends and unwavering devotion of collectors are delicately balanced in the sports memorabilia industry.
Among the most significant data released by the Collectors Universe, it is worth noting that in 2023, eleven sales of baseball items worth more than one million dollars were recorded at public auction. The sales were distributed among 5 different auction houses. Likewise, in 2022, there were 12 seven-figure sales of basketball cards.
In the article published in the Financial Times, Simon Edelsten, who was in the past the manager of the powerful London fund management company Artemis, said that collecting is “a fun way to lose money.” Edelsten began his opinion piece by recalling that “an 18th-century Frenchman wrote:"‘Collectors are like a man eating oysters: at first he chooses the best ones, but ends up eating them all."
In the aforementioned article, Edelsten himself acknowledges himself as a collector; in his case, of first editions of books, although “I am receiving advice to resist the impulses." Edelsten states that “often, collectors mask our affliction by pretending that it is about investing. We pride ourselves on boasting about the high potential returns we have obtained with one or two objects, while we have selective memory loss around our failures, even more than equity investors.”
The simple conclusion: “Don’t collect as an investment. Have fun.”
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