When to know the hobby is DIEing!

[begsu1013]

hortons was the inspiration behind "stan mikita's donut shop" in wayne's world.

worth a google.

[RTK]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

hortons was the inspiration behind "stan mikita's donut shop" in wayne's world.

worth a google.

[begsu1013]

yep.

michael myers is from canada and a huge maple leafs fan.
wayne campbell was from chicago and a huge black hawks fan.

art imitating life.

excellent!

[ls7plus]

Re the "hobby is dying" part: ask yourselves this__ if prices started to rapidly fall on some of the holy grails, like the T206 Wagner, M101 and 1914 Baltimore News Ruth rookies, high-grade '52 Topps Mantles, etc, how many of us would line up to catch them if and when they got within our price range? Virtually all of us, I would think, which is the answer to the question itself: demand for the real classics, the material collectors thrive on, is like a large pyramid, with ledges. If the top or even several layers slough off, there's too much below it to keep it all from going, and the net result is that none of it would fall very far. We're here to stay now, boy, just as long as baseball and its history is popular. Anyone who thinks the hobby is dying should have been at the National this past July--BIG, BIG AGAIN, JUST LIKE IT WAS IN '92 in Atlanta (compared to small, like Cleveland, in 2009)! TONS OF YOUTHFUL ENERGY, BURSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH BARELY CONTAINED INTEREST IN PURSUING AND OBTAINING WHAT IT WANTED!

Plus, Leon hosted a helluva Net54 dinner on Friday. I highly recommend it for all for next year!

We're all in this together, like family. No need for name-calling between brothers who simply sometimes disagree.

May we all find joy in our collecting endeavors,

Larry

[pawpawdiv9]

Agree, if the prices are a dropping, I'm there picking up those cards as mentioned (the Balt Ruths, 52 Micks, t206s and more) for 50%off or whatever. Which i doubt ever happen in my lifetime.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Agree, if the prices are a dropping, I'm there picking up those cards as mentioned (the Balt Ruths, 52 Micks, t206s and more) for 50%off or whatever. Which i doubt ever happen in my lifetime.

the real question is the Etc part...when you guys say babe ruth 1933, mickey mantle 1952. ETC .....what exatly is the ETC...how many rock solid cards are there ? 5? 10?

would a t206 green cobb be one of them?

[egri]

Let me know when the hobby dies; then I'll have plenty of shopping to do .

In all seriousness, in between set builders, type collectors, HOF collectors, tackling The Monster, players-from-my-home-town collectors, etc, there are enough niches to ensure the hobby never dies. There will be price corrections (I think we will see one WRT 1952 Topps Mantles), but there will always be a market for the kind of stuff we collect. ls7plus articulated what I'm getting at better than I am.

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

the real question is the Etc part...when you guys say babe ruth 1933, mickey mantle 1952. ETC .....what exatly is the ETC...how many rock solid cards are there ? 5? 10?

would a t206 green cobb be one of them?

Bro- your reading into this too much, i was just saying if any of 'my' iconic childhood' treasures would become more affordable, i buy them, if they were declining.
Collect what-ever you wanna collect, and sure Cobb is a great player to collect.

Seems like your creating or wanting a list of cards that will retain value or such. If investing for the long haul is your motive, then maybe a IRA account is the path. I just collect, to just collect the players i like. Im not here to start a discussion on what-ifs or what the future holds.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

the real question is the Etc part...when you guys say babe ruth 1933, mickey mantle 1952. ETC .....what exatly is the ETC...how many rock solid cards are there ? 5? 10?

would a t206 green cobb be one of them?

Hundreds, at a minimum, depending on your preference and focus.

Happy collecting,

Larry