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This leveling off of interest is particularly true of items manufactured in the last half of the 20th century.
Consider it a changing of the guard.
PEZ dispensers, slot cars… Gen X and Millennials just arent into that stuff.
Those arent the only items dropping in value.
Below is a list of collectibles that areshowing signs of marked depreciation.
Stamps
Collectible stamps have been in decline forseveral years now.
The category, said Surmic, has seen a double-digit decline in value in the U.S. year-over-year.
They are nowhere near the heavyweight they once were, he said.
Some of the decline in value for these items Sohmers attributes to the laws of supply and demand.
There is zero demand for most of these items now.
A notion, she said, that hasnt born out.
Sohmers attributed this to what he termed a nostalgia curve.
But when collectors reach 60-plus, they often de-assess their collections, lose interest or die.
As a result, he said, the curve for items from the 50s and 60s has sharply declined.
The show created a bubble for salvaged Americana that hasnt carried over into the present.
People got too carried away and were paying crazy prices for that stuff.
Now, the markets gone soft, he said.
A lot of younger collectors just dont identify with a vintage John Deer or Mobile-Exxon sign.
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