Baseball Cards Price

Complete set baseball cards value over time?

From a previous question, I'm getting the idea that my cards, including 5 complete sets from 88-92 are not very valuable right now. My question is looking at values of older sets, say from the 60's and 70's, they are extremely valuable since they are so old. If I hold these sets for another 20 years, or give them to my kids, can I expect the value of these sets to grow as valuable as sets that old right now are? Or will the price not grow into the thousands per set based on other factors such as how common those years are? Basically what should I expect these sets (88-92 Topps) be valued at in another 10 years, or 20 or 30?

Public Comments

1. I no longer collect any baseball or hockey cards.Now days everyone thinks they will make lots of money collecting sport cards. I believe that if you look at a book like Becket ts it was in a way very misleading to younger people. Now you can go to the card store and buy a complete set with out doing any of the collecting.Imagine what it would cost to collect a complete set of cards if people bought them at one dollar a pack and got ten cards it would be a virtual impossibility. The card company came out with sets and this devalued the price. I think that if you have the money you should buy specific cards that or of value now because I think they will hold their value or increase. At the time I thought the same as you are thinking but what i bought was Stadium club, Upper deck and opchie and it made a few bucks.The other way is to buy boxes of cards and don't open the boxes especially if there are special cards involved. .Remember these cards are a commodity You have to find someone who wants them. I know I am not giving you all the answers you want but Good Luck.
2. They will never be worth anything. Sets from the 60s are worth so much because they are rare, not because they are old. They are rare because most of them got thrown away, usually by mom, or that is who takes the blame. Most of the rest received rough treatment, so in any condition they are sought after, but in mint condition they are worth a fortune. For the sets you have, collecting was an established hobby when they were made. Nobody threw them out or abused them, so nearly all of them survived in mint condition. The companies were printing zillions of them. Therefore, there is too much supply to meet the demand. People still don't throw them out, so I don't see this situation changing.
3. for starts I agree with others the cards that you have will not make much change in the market value over the net 25 years simply because there are so many out there from the 80s try the 70s more of a challenge for a start me I started with a set of 1962 topps for fun,and have yet to complete The real challenge lies in collecting the O Pee Chee sets as they are about 10 percent or less of what topps put out in the 60,70, and some of the 80, good luck