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What should you be storing right now?
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inovrmihd

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I could have posted this anywhere on the CGC website, and it might have already been covered, but in 20 years, is there anything you think a lot of people will be saying, “I can’t believe I wasn’t stockpiling these”.  It has happened with comics, OA, magic the gathering, garbage pail kids, Pokémon, etc.  What do you think people are missing now ?

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1 hour ago, inovrmihd said:

I could have posted this anywhere on the CGC website, and it might have already been covered, but in 20 years, is there anything you think a lot of people will be saying, “I can’t believe I wasn’t stockpiling these”.  It has happened with comics, OA, magic the gathering, garbage pail kids, Pokémon, etc.  What do you think people are missing now ?

I guess the trick would be to understand what in popular culture is absorbing the minds of adolescents these days, since they will be the future drivers of "hot" collectibles.

I should ask my wife, who, while being a fine artist, also does nanny work for a local family.

Our two lads are 29 and 32, so they are a cohort, but I can't speak to any inside knowledge about next generations.

Our boys have been through Batman, sports cards, skateboarding, guns, cars and other collectible genres remaining unscathed so far.

Hard for me to say what the next generation is up to, which drives the nostalgia factor when they reach their 

peak earning years!   That brochure from their first (electric) car?  Or will cloud media storage links to personal history be 

monetized?  

Update.....The devices and the games on the devices.  Hat tip Julie!

I'm comfortable with just trying to finding homes for my vintage collection pieces during my lifetime.  Too vast, but I keep trying.

Interesting thread!  David

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2 hours ago, inovrmihd said:

I could have posted this anywhere on the CGC website, and it might have already been covered, but in 20 years, is there anything you think a lot of people will be saying, “I can’t believe I wasn’t stockpiling these”.  It has happened with comics, OA, magic the gathering, garbage pail kids, Pokémon, etc.  What do you think people are missing now ?

Something cheap that every knows about, uses and tosses (or gets destroyed). This formula worked on comics, cards, stamps, video games, toys,  coins and many other hobbies!

 

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One can imagine that 10 years from now people are collecting:
1.  Classic mobile-tech:  OEM Apple iPhone 1-11 valued/collected and traded like Air Jordan 1-20 shoes today

2.  MCU movie ticket stubs.  I remember going to theaters pre-Covid, we threw printed (and dated) stubs away.  A Deadpool 1 ticket stub just sold for $1k, and I heard someone found a mint Iron Man 1!

3.  Vegas casino chips.  We could have bought tons at face value back in 2020!  Now we all gamble virtually at eVegas.com  

4.  Music CDs.  Yes, I used to own boxes full of CDs but we tossed them all going digital/streaming.  

hm

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3 hours ago, inovrmihd said:

..., but in 20 years, is there anything you think a lot of people will be saying, “I can’t believe I wasn’t stockpiling these”.  It has happened with comics, OA, magic the gathering, garbage pail kids, Pokémon, etc.  What do you think people are missing now ?

Shepard Fairey s/n screen prints in dead mint under $300/ea. That ship has somewhat sailed already as five years ago I would have written "under $150".

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Marvel something or other is probably a good bet. The movies are this generation’s Star Wars.

I would expect a movement to digital assets of some sort as well, but I’m not certain that market is mature enough yet to materialize a specific collectible.

@Great Escape’s suggestion of movie tickets and CD’s both fit fairly well with @Timely’s assessment of cheap and disposable. Both of those seem like weird things to collect to me, but I guess me and others thinking that is what makes them collectible.

Video games are likely high on the list as well, but I feel like that ship already sailed. It also seems like an odd market moving forward considering physical games aren’t likely to be around for much longer. 

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vodou

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8 hours ago, stinkininkin said:

You're just being willful at this point! lol I've never read a Deadpool comic in my life, but the movie is hilarious and terrific! Try it.

 

1 hour ago, MagnusX said:

Both movies are really fun and good.

I am not a fan of Deadpool, I have never read a book from him,
but YES, the movies are GOOD...! 

(thumbsu

I'm not trying to avoid it, just waiting for it to show up on a service I'm already paying for (Prime or NF), so far: not.

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vodou

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17 hours ago, inovrmihd said:

I could have posted this anywhere on the CGC website, and it might have already been covered, but in 20 years, is there anything you think a lot of people will be saying, “I can’t believe I wasn’t stockpiling these”.  It has happened with comics, OA, magic the gathering, garbage pail kids, Pokémon, etc.  What do you think people are missing now ?

"You'll own nothing. And you'll be happy."

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So far, all the things mentioned in this topic are already collected at some level or another.  A long time ago, I was at an antique show and a guy collected vintage barber chairs.  It's hard to tell what will become collectible after 10+ years (e.g. pogs). 

@vodou  I did get a couple Shepard Fairey screenprints in HA's October auction.  More than a month later, they still haven't shipped.

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On 12/13/2020 at 7:38 PM, vodou said:

Shepard Fairey s/n screen prints in dead mint under $300/ea. That ship has somewhat sailed already as five years ago I would have written "under $150".

The great thing about Shep prints is that there's always a new one to buy next week if you miss out on one. The guy is a machine lol

The ones with the most upside are already over a grand IMO (early works, which are almost impossible to find in nice shape and key images from the later periods).

I cashed in all Obey prints about 10 years ago and used that money to fund a couple grade A originals.

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The irony to the title of this topic is that collectibles in the old says like baseball cards and comics were worth a lot precisely because they weren't stored away, but were tossed away as disposable.  Now everybody keeps everything and not only that, they hermetically seal them, and create a faux scarcity of current items via things like CGC.

 

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15 minutes ago, pinupcartooncollector said:

The irony to the title of this topic is that collectibles in the old says like baseball cards and comics were worth a lot precisely because they weren't stored away, but were tossed away as disposable.  Now everybody keeps everything and not only that, they hermetically seal them, and create a faux scarcity of current items via things like CGC.

 

I think we all realize that. Most collectibles follow a similar lifecycle. OP is asking for the next thing to hoard to be ahead of the curve.

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