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Age Demographics with Current Cards?
Just was musing the other day as to what you all think regarding newly released baseball card products; are most of the buyers under 45, over 45, etc.?
I know that when I got back into card collecting in 2001 (dropped out about 1984) how much I had to educate myself on the modern hobby, such as "Pulls," "refractors," "parallels," etc. I've tried at different times to buy new product, such as Topps, Topps Archive, Topps Heritage, Allen & Ginter, Upper Deck Goudey, etc., but nothing really has rekindled my fancy, and I usually end up selling the moderns later or giving them away. |
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Jay,
Interesting topic! I'm 38, started when I was about 13...the '89 UD set was the big thing. I collected 'modern' stuff, but mostly focused on Nolan Ryan (who for me encompassed BOTH vintage and modern at the time!) and would buy packs and sometimes even splurge on a 36 ct box. Fastforward and I am now completely a vintage (for me 1909-1975) collector. The modern stuff is just way too out of control. |
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I will guess that for post 1990 it is mostly under age 45. Heck, the last poll on the pre-war side had the overall average age of the board at about 42-43 (as I feel older and older).....I think the 1980 and newer collectors would be a bit older than the 1990s and newer guys....
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I'm 36 and just collect 50's, 60's, and 70's now.
I don't really collect 80's anymore because I have every card I want from that era. Most of the 90's just don't interest me for 2 reasons. 1. Steroid Era 2. Too many cards of players. I mean there may be 50 different cards of a player in a given year. Just 1 card may have 10 variations. However, I do like the Desert Storm cards and Chipper Jones rookies from the early 90's. Other than that I stay away from 90's baseball cards. I did dabble in modern football cards in 2012 due to the stellar rookie QB class of Luck, Griffin, and Wilson but have no plans of re-entering the modern market. I check this forum from time to time to see if any of my 80's junk is worth more than the postage to get rid of it. Last edited by Hammerin'Hank; 03-06-2015 at 08:13 AM. |
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I am 24
I collect anything STL Cardinals (im cheap and wont spend much) and late 90s/early 2000s cards. Basically anything i remember as a kid that i couldnt get because of price that now i can get for pennies lol I think my oldest card is a 1951 bowman common Last edited by TAVG; 03-06-2015 at 04:08 PM. |
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Ages.......
In my local hobby shop, the majority of pack breakers are 20 to 40 years old. Pretty big swing but that is what I see every time I go in. I visit the shop a few times a week and he is ALWAYS busy.
I think the reduction of shops has helped smaller shops that were able to survive to this point. Peace, Mike |
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45 here. I collected as a kid from 1978 to about 1988 or so. I left for the Navy and took maybe 5 years off, but rediscovered cards around 1993. I missed the bulk of the junk era thankfully. I filled in some of the holes early on (sets, cheap boxes, singles), then discovered ebay. Gathered a lot of vintage stuff I previously couldn't find or afford and focused on what interested me (Dodger cards, oddball singles/sets, Steve Garvey items) over the next 10+ years. i got sucked into the 90s inserts and then to some extent the GU stuff early on, but never could stomach buying $60-80 boxes and not getting anything worth while, so i stopped buying packs and boxes around 2000.
I do grab certified autograph cards now, but mostly players who played in the 80s and back. I will grab certain newer Dodger cards that catch my eye or the occasional impulse buy, but for the most part I buy older stuff. Steve Garvey is the primary exception. I buy anything new that is issued. Growing up and discovering baseball in the late 70s/early 80s, this is what I knew, so those players and those who came before them (I was also into baseball history early on) are who I tend to favor over any of the new players today. Getting a new Rod Carew or Al Oliver card would excite me more than an Ichiro or Pujols card. |
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