How old are members on our board?
With the recent, very good, thread on where the hobby is headed, I figure another "how old are you" poll is due. Our membership enrollment is down to around 80 per month right now. At first it was 50-60 (4 yrs ago), then it went up to 100 or more for a few years, but the last few months it's been around 80+. That is new registrants being manually approved by me. At any rate, I believe several years ago the average age on the board was around 45, but the last one the age went down to around 42-43. We shall see....FYI, I just turned 52......
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I'm 43. A young 43 says my wife...
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im 44 5/12...and am unmarried pseudo social hermit...perhaps this explains something...although my cat has expressed an interest in my cards...but I don't think he could afford to buy any.
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42
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Just had this discussion with someone in my office, as I couldn't remember
just turned 51. As long as I keep having birthdays, I don't care about the number. It's when I miss one ....
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51
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34 and very active in the hobby!
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70.5
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38
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36
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46
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52, First pack of baseball cards I remember cracking open 1968
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63 next week
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33 I think. I'll have to ask my wife.
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62
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how young?
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all the best, barry |
32
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I'm 34 with a daughter who is 16,and a son who is 13.
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just reach 32 years old last week.... my birthday date is october 31 :)
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43
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50 1/2 :)
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children
I am more interested in how many children we all have...
interesting to see if many collectors here are unmarried hermits or actually family men....that may help determine the health of the hobby....when you have nobody to share/give your collection to, I think it will harm the hobby long term.... I have 3 young children... |
61...but I checked off I was 39.
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Scott, my children have been hearing 'baseball' from every male in the family (and some females), since they were born. I have a picture of their first Christmas with my Dad trying to get my son interested in a baseball.
Nada. They do enjoy going to games with me, but that's the extent of their interest. |
29 and an unmarried hermit (until October).
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44
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And I'm an unmarried hermit. I got one of my nieces interested in baseball, but she will never be a collector. :( |
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36 years old with two boys (almost 4 and 1 and a half). My almost 4 year old knows that he has to be "gentle" with Dad's cards. Unfortunately, we cannot teach him to be gentle with his brother.:)
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49...........married.............................s everal daughters(not a one gives a lick about this collecting stuff)
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A beautifull wife and a 2 years old son and he already love baseball cards.. :) |
43 with 2 boys (21 and 17) and a girl (10). My daughter is the only other person in the house that has any interest in baseball cards!
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Damn, just moved into a new age bracket today. Cheers!
I have an ex-wife and a nine year old daughter who enjoys sports. I am an active hermit (if that's possible)... I just like being outdoors (usually in solitude), and living in the central Washington allows me the opportunity to go snow skiing at Snoqualmie, fishing the Columbia River, and hunting the shrub steppe in the Cascades backcountry all within a thirty minute drive. |
51 Married, three children (11, 23, 25), none interested in BB Cards.
Opened my first pack when I was 5, 67 Red Sox Test Stickers! |
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26 myself! Unmarried hermit thus far.
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43....married with 2 boys (9 & 7). The 7-year old likes opening cards with daddy.
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61, married with 3 kids. Twin boys turn 40 next year. Both play fairly serious brands if ball in wood bat leagues here in CA. Had the opprtunity to play in a father-son tournament last year, my first stint on a field in 43 years. Knees told me to forget it. They love playing baseball, a priority in their lives.
Both are in that stage where other things are pre-empting collecting, but they both have remnants of their collections from the eighties and salivate when they see the monster in the bookcase and closet!! But my grandson is the complete opposite, not into sports at all. Go figure. |
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36 and married with no children, but a nephew that I'm grooming to be just as baseball insane as me.
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40 with three boys (13 10 6)
Only the youngest shows any interest in baseball or cards |
I am 59 years old.
My chosen moniker for Net 54 is "brian1961", based upon the spring of 1961 when I began collecting baseball cards with Post Cereal and first series Topps baseball. I was only 6 years old. Wilber Post : "It's been a long time since I was a boy." Mr. Ed : "It's been a long time since I was a pony." Salute. --Brian Powell |
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56....
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23, happily married with 3 little ones :)
jk, I'm a hermit :( |
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45 with a soon to be 5 year old who I hope loves cards as much as he loves playing ball.
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33, wife & 3yo daughter.
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Just turned 31 and no kids to spend money on!
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34
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32 feel 23:D
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48, married, two kids, son 24 and daughter 20. They have no interest although both follow baseball in person and tv. When I tell my daughter how much I pay for a T206 card she is amazed and says " wow, it's just a baseball card"! Lol.
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Age unknown?
As of right now, this is the oldest I've ever been! SAM MAJORS ;) ;) ;)
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57. Two grown sons 24 and 28. Love them more than anything but occasionally think that I spent enough on their educations to buy a decent Wagner.
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16. I will be 17 in two months.
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23. Married with a 5-month old son. He seems to enjoy the taste of baseball cards. I like to think that means he'll get into collecting.
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Rugrats and former rugrats
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31 29 27 25 6 4 6 months & in 6 months the last four are grandchildren.;) Sooner or later we'll get a collector.:D |
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55 in 2 weeks. 11/25/58 just in case someone wants to send a birthday card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh 2 sons 27 and 21 a part of my collection went to my oldest in Med School! Need I say more! Duke dont come cheap!!!
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I'll be 22 this month.
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64 and feel just like it. I remember when 'When I'm Sixty-Four' was released (Sgt. Pepper -- 1967), 64 seemed an awful long ways away.
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curious as to why you have a link to probstein cards even though you have your own site to sell cards? seems a bit strange why you would consign to probstein... |
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Moved into the last group, seems pretty grim from here.
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47 1/2
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How old are we
65 2 daughters 42-39---4 grandsons 16-13-7-3-----1st time I saw baseball cards was in 4th grade---a kid had 1957's he kept them in rubber bands by the team---next year I started collecting 1958's (ugly set but I love it)----5 cents a pack I was a high roller and bought 10 packs at a time---loved when the new series came out with different cards----the last card I needed was Wes Covington (I had to trade a kid 2 for 1---he took Hank Aaron and somebody else for Wes-----I fell in love with baseball cards but stopped in 1964 peer presure (kids at 16 were not supposed to collect cards)---I found the hobby again in 1977---and have been back ever since that day at the flea market. Don
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I'm 46 with 2 daughters (23&12), 1 son (8), 1 grand daughter (9 months).
My little guy is starting to send some autograph requests.We watched 42 together,and he started reading a Jackie Robinson book he got from school.One out of 3 isn't bad. |
27-and counting just like NY Yankees Championships
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37 with 2 kids...8 and 5
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36, married, no kids yet. Been collecting vintage since about 10-11 and pre-war since 15-16.
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65
Age is nothing but a number.......that goes up with the doctor bills. |
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I'm 43 and married (12 years) with three kids (boy-9, girl-7, girl-5).
The first year I actually bought cards with my own allowance money was 1977 Topps, as a 7-year-old. Loved those cards and still do. And I still have my originals from my childhood, although I've since built a couple high-grade sets of those '77s. |
Been 36 for about 3 weeks now.
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