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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
Yes but there's an awful lot of Gen X'ers like myself in Pre War, that's two or more generations before our time. My dad's father was born in 1920. So you have to go back three or more generations to get to T206 or Old Judge. I think people like yelling "The sky is falling"
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This.
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Originally Posted by raulus
Probably more wishful thinking. If we all want it bad enough, prices will come down.
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And this.
My father was a teenager in the 1940s when he saw Babe Ruth on the street in New York and the Babe nodded hello to him. He never saw Ruth or Gehrig play but he saw DiMaggio's generation. They were long gone by the time I got baseball and cards in my consciousness. When I was ten I was crazy for cards of the stars then Hank Aaron, Dr. J, etc. When I was in my late twenties and able to finally spend on cards it was 1950s Topps and Bowman I'd coveted as a kid, followed by T, E, W and R cards. The contemporary is the gateway to the older. Same as it ever is and ever will be.