Does Everyone Understand Pre-War?

Rookiemonster · #1 04-22-2016, 09:45 AM

There has been a lot of wars .so I like to think that pre war refers to the gulf war. So keep the posts coming.

irv · #2 04-22-2016, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

There has been a lot of wars .so I like to think that pre war refers to the gulf war. So keep the posts coming.

LOL. I thought it was the ongoing, continuous war currently against isis, or has that officially been declared as a war yet?

In all seriousness, having been, and currently being a moderator on a couple other non sport card forums, I know what some are talking about.

I try to do my best by not posting here very often as I currently have no post war cards, but I do read this section and have noticed, imo, where it is appropriate, like the Beaters thread, to post something that isn't pre war.

I guess, going forward, if a thread like the beaters thread is posted and it bothers some, then the OP should state, pre-war only beaters in their thread title, but at the same time, I think that is being petty and bordering on ridiculousness. (jmo)

ashes13 · #3 04-22-2016, 10:22 AM

As a true collector of baseball cards (and football and basketball cards) since I was 5 years old (I am 46 now) who enjoys and collects everything from t206s, Colgans Chips,American Caramels,Tattoo Orbits, 33-41 Goudeys, 1950s Topps, Regionals, food issues, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, all the way up to picking up current day rookie cards and packs of modern day cards (still enjoy cracking a box of 2016 topps or heritage at the start of the new season just like a kid back in 1970s and 1980s), I never quite understood how long time and real"baseball card" collectors collect ONLY pre-war or ONLY post war cards. While I can understand from time to time focusing on just an era, or just a few sets or just a player, perhaps I am in the minority, but i enjoy reading about someone's 1914 Cracker Jack pick ups as much as I like hearing about someone's 1975 Topps set. I enjoy buying a 1955 Topps Koufax rookie as much as buying a 1935 Zeenut. Pardon my ignorance, but I would be curious to hear from those who collect only pre-war, what makes a thread on 1941 Playballs so much more interesting than a thread on 1948 Bowmans or 1951 Topps Team cards? Or is it as simple as "this is the location for pre-war topics and I don't want to see or read anything about a card issued 3 years after the war ended because there is a post-war forum for that." To those pre-war only collectors, maybe seeing a thread about a 1954 Kaline rookie, is like me visiting a message board site to discuss baseball cards only to see a number of threads on women's shoes or how to cook a quiche? To me, when you get right down to it, as my wife reminds me "cards from any era are still just little photos or renderings of men on pieces of cardboard" yet we strangely all collect and treasure and pay handsomely for these pieces of cardboard with pictures of men on them.

glchen · #4 04-22-2016, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ashes13

... I never quite understood how long time and real"baseball card" collectors collect ONLY pre-war or ONLY post war cards. ....

I somehow think of it more as "Pre-Topps" (or pre-Bowman) for prewar. Once Topps came around, many collectors just focused on Topps set runs, but is the bulk of their collection. "Prewar" collectors typically have a bunch of different regional issues (unless you're only focused on T206), so there really isn't the concept of set runs for prewar collectors.

Orioles1954 · #5 04-22-2016, 11:05 AM

Growing up, everyone collected everything. Nineteenth Century, pre-war, modern, regionals, oddball. If they depicted a baseball player, it was cherished.

frankbmd · #6 04-22-2016, 11:25 AM

Everyone who starts a thread should indicate whether it is interesting or not in the title.

That would help board members separate the wheat from the chaff.

Peter_Spaeth · #7 04-22-2016, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbmd

Everyone who starts a thread should indicate whether it is interesting or not in the title.

That would help board members separate the wheat from the chaff.

In some cases that would be redundant of the poster's name.

Cozumeleno · #8 04-22-2016, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ashes13

I never quite understood how long time and real"baseball card" collectors collect ONLY pre-war or ONLY post war cards. .

I think it's quite easy to do that, actually, and still be a 'real' collector. When I was a kid, I collected only cards from my time period. Nothing before 1986 really mattered much to me because 1. I couldn't afford it and 2. Couldn't identify with many of the players. Plus, none of my friends collected older stuff, either.

When I got a little older, I still collected newer stuff, but started collecting vintage, too. I started with 1948 Bowman and sort of worked my way backwards. A few years ago, I started collecting vintage exclusively. Now, I'm only collecting pre-war. Outside of doing some flipping, I have zero interest in collecting newer stuff at all - that includes even vintage post-war stuff like 1950s stuff. It's all fine, but I just don't have any personal interest in it anymore.

Tastes change - particularly as we get older. To me, you can be a very real card collector and only collect a certain niche while ignoring everything else.

I should add, too, that I think you were correct in your assessment of the pre-war/post-war sections - I think to some people, it's a matter of just wanting to keep those areas separate.

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