Collector's Items Which Aren't

Trading Perspectives: An Economic Podcast

Baseball card collectors should beware. The same could be said of folks who have stamp and coin collections. China table settings? Antique furniture? Silver serving trays and tea sets? Any so-called collectors’ item you can buy off the television? Most of these things don’t have the true market value many think they do. That is to say, what people are actually willing to pay for an item, and not where someone is trying to sell it on Ebay. But why when these items seem to be so precious?

In this week’s Trading Perspectives, Sam Clement and John Norris discuss the real value of collections. You might not like what you hear.