Hi Alec,

I share your view on the WC 2010 set. It seems that the price has not increase. On the other hand, I am noticing a small increase on the 2006 and 2008 sets.

The prices are going up on the previous version mainly from 1998 to 2004. I did not stock that much from that era as I started to purchase again panini items in the last year. I am struggling to find a good deal on ebay related to loose sets. Locally I also cannot find loose stickers around. Only complete albums with quite some handling marks on them which are not quite worth investing in.

I agree that the last Euro was a mass production from Panini. I do think that in the years to come, there will be no real return on these albums. For a good return we need to grab hands on 10 yrs + albums.

From my end I hold 3 sets of 2010 world cup and a couple of sealed boxes. Right now I have no intention to sell them as I would merely get the price I bought them yet.

Just one small ques.. apart from ebay, is there any other source to purchase old sets with a reasonable price. I have tried to search the web but it seems that the market is ebay oriented.  

Cheers,

Ian