Are collectors getting old ?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by drcy

Haze the newbie!!!!

We could try the MLB type thing where they have to carry our stuff for us, preferably in a hello kitty backpack.

Unfortunately someone 25 can probably outrun most of us, so that might not work all that well.

Steve B

[Rich Klein]

I will say that one of my goals in the upcoming show at my synagogue is to make sure we are reasonable for the youngsters. Our "suggested donation" is only $1 which is very reasonable and with a large amount of kids in our synagogue, I hope even 10 percent of them attend. That would be about 20 kids coming in the door, most of whome probably have never been in a card show or store.

In addition, there are boards (such as Blowout) which skew much younger.

I have also noticed an uptick in people in their mid 30's who were active in the 90's and have returned. I think our future may be better then we let on a nd some of them will find their way here

Meanwhile in storage today I found some old school material I bought from Pat Quinn back in the day which included a ton of the old Frank Nagy auction lists from the 60's-70's. I have a blast looking at them and Leon will be picking those up from me in the next few days --- and he'll share them with the board. So we like the young folks and we like the old folks and try to help both of them.

Rich

[dferguso1988]

Originally Posted by steve B

We could try the MLB type thing where they have to carry our stuff for us, preferably in a hello kitty backpack.

Unfortunately someone 25 can probably outrun most of us, so that might not work all that well.

Steve B

Could probably outrun most...depending on how heavy the Hello Kitty backpack is hahaha

[teetwoohsix]

The easy answer to this is every collector is getting old-can't cheat time But seriously, I just wanted to add that I am always impressed by the intelligence of younger collectors to be going after pre-war cards!! Wazoo comes to mind first and foremost, and from the few emails we have exchanged I find him to be extremely smart, on the right path in life, and predict success in his future. And, he picked the best set to collect!!

I was off of the board for awhile-I used to try to greet any newcomers, and I like to welcome anyone new. If I missed you, it was not intentional. So, I will take this moment to welcome everyone and anyone I missed- WELCOME TO NET54 EVERYONE AND, GOOD LUCK HUNTING

Sincerely, Clayton

[billyb]

OLD!!!!!

I prefer the term........refined.