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Julie VognarYou can't leave a collection to a friend of your son, or even a friend of yours--not when you have children and grandchildren. "Twouldn't be fittin'." There are plenty of young and older adults who are still interested in vintage baseball stuff, but the kids--I just don't see kids buying baseball cards much anymore. They love all those other game cards. And the ones who are interested just want the new stuff.
It wasn't more than 15 years ago I saw a teenager huddled in a corner at a show, having a private moment with his new Willie Mays rookie. It doesn't really happen anymore. Not even with Willie Mays! Let alone Kelly and Ewing.
Hate to be pessimistic, but I'm afraid when these kids grow up, the vintage stuff will creep back into private collections, since no one around wants to pay a decent price for it....