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Originally Posted by SAllen2556
I wonder what percent of pre-war collectors are also just history buffs in general? My guess is it's pretty high. Personally, living in Detroit, the history of this city is fascinating to me, and I read all I can about it. That's what got me interested in pre-war more than anything else. I think you need a certain curiosity of the past to appreciate owning anything with, say, Sam Crawford's name on it.
You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know. - Jerry Garcia
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I can relate to this. I was born in 1973 and have collected 1950s and 1960s. However, I am also a huge history buff (with a Master's to prove it), and I am beginning to put more and more of my collecting attention to pre-war as a result. Postwar has gotten sort of blah for me. I don't mean to belittle postwar collectors or anyone at all because that is what I have been. For me, pre-war takes me back to baseball's earliest days, and I find myself digging in and having to study to make sense of what I am seeing and trying to piece stories together.
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