Originally Posted by
Atlas Shrugged
Demographics are going against the '50s to 80's collectables market in most categories. The people who had an attachment to halo products during that period but could not afford them are aging out and are in their paring-down phase of life. There are outliers, but generally, the trend holds with most collectables. With cycling, the purchaser pool is limited to passionate cyclists, males (with the odd exception), with discretionary income, an interest in collectables from that period, and still acquiring additional items.
US demographics are not falling off a cliff as severely like other developed countries, but there is a turn approaching.
There are economic headwinds, but those have been obvious since 2007 on ebay. by 2008 there was a flip from auctions with no reserve to auctions with a high enough starting price to stand in for a reserve, then buy it now or best offer. That has continued. Components fare a bit better, but more set price or if does not sell, buy it now or make offer. Factor in that ebay has been ratcheting up the fees and shipping has very much increased, a challenge. I expect 2025 will be better.