In short, supply and demand which we will be covering soon. The cards stay valuable because people demand them - even if this demand is only due to an expectation of the price increasing in the future. This phenomenon is known as a bubble, and the term "greater fool theory" offers an apt name to a theory that describes some bubbles quite well.
Chapter 2 Curiosities
Everybody is an Investor
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