Do you worry about our hobby dying?

the 'stache · #1 10-10-2014, 04:29 AM

There is a romanticism to the game's early years that today's game will never have. You'll still have people that closely identify with the players they grew up watching, but Mike Trout will never have the mystique that Babe Ruth or Willie Mays had, and still have.

barrysloate · #2 10-10-2014, 06:31 AM

The hobby might get a little smaller, and prices certainly can soften a bit, but there will always be a market for baseball memorabilia, and there will always be people collecting cards, photographs, autographs, etc. It might not even be such a bad thing if there was a little retrenchment in the future. Prices for some things are incredibly high, and many collectors are priced out. A softening of the market might even make the hobby a little more accessible.

But the hobby won't die. It will merely seek its own level.

mrvster · #3 10-10-2014, 07:39 AM

T206 as a whole to be the major driving force of the future collecting of vintage baseball cards since they are so recognizable to the historians and layman thanks to wagner.........

T206 Rare backs, printer's scraps, rare variations, proofs, freaks, the Wagners, Planks, Doyles, Magies, rare combos will be the future of vintage collecting and will continue to appreciate over time in relative fashion as wagz

...

and ojs, mayo's 19th cent. stuff will stay fairly consistent my predictions

ValKehl · #4 10-10-2014, 11:01 PM

I believe the sports card and memorabilia hobby/business will be just fine as long as:
(1) A significant % of people continue to be born with the "collecting gene", and
(2) A significant % of people continue to become keenly interested in the major team sports (and even more so for such folks who also have an interest in history).
Val

Fred · #5 10-10-2014, 11:32 PM

I wonder how many ball players follow the history of the game. I have to figure that not too many are avid collectors of cards and vintage memorabilia.

God bless David Wells. He bought a real Babe Ruth worn hat and wore (or attempted to wear it) in a real game.

YankeeCollector · #6 10-10-2014, 11:59 PM

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away!

MattyC · #7 10-11-2014, 12:19 AM

I think it'll be just fine; here's a pic of my son and I have little cousins just like him-- if I can get it to load up... Basically he's holding some Mantles. He also occasionally wakes me up to do an in house card show and sell me cards (and toy guns, an interesting mix) And I gotta think where there's a few there's more.

The kids in my extended family just love baseball and cards. My boy's first word was "Mi-Ma" for Mickey Mantle, I guess because he heard me and my brother and cousins talking baseball so much. He even insists on calling Don Mattingly, Mantle, and Shoeless Joe on his toy cell phone before T-ball class.

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