Don't blast my ignorance here, but I was not keeping up on the hobby for most of the 90s, got the first few ANS series in the early 2000s, and then was out for another several years, re-entering recently. My question is how has the market fared since the 1990s? I am mostly referring to OS 1-16, but also the later ANS and other series. I sometimes see posts referring to people buying OS stickers say 10 years or more ago for a fraction of what they go for now. I understand anything goes up over time, but was there a period when prices took off? The counterargument is that I found a price guide list by Bandaches from around 2010, and those values still seem to be spot on. Have prices actually skyrocketed, or is it just a handful of us fanatics who are willing to pay every-increasing prices to re-live a piece of our childhood? I admit buying and looking at Wackys or comics from the 70s takes me back, and that is why I buy them. But does nostalgia (i.e. the market) ebb and flow over time? Interested in any respectful feedback on our hobby. Are there any Nicolas Cage type white whales in our hobby? For the uninitiated, several years back Cage bought up a bunch of key comics, sinking many thousands of dollars into a comic collection only to sell most of them off a few years later. I also admit that in these Wacky starved times, I'm just trying to keep people talking about Wackys.
