Why Do You Collect Pre-War??

[david_l]

Originally Posted by rats60

I thought that were no politics allowed on this site.

Are you confusing history and politics? I know the lines can be blurred but please.

[mechanicalman]

Like Rhett, my passion is the convergence of three things:

1) I grew up loving baseball and idolizing baseball players. And the pre-war heros, even though many of them are flawed, are unlikely to disappoint me at this point.

2) I love history, and, as a marketer by trade, I'm enthralled by the history of advertising and marketing. I think we forget that most of these pieces existed to get people to buy other stuff.

3) I have an appreciation for pop culture art. When it comes to T206, T202, Goudeys, Diamond Stars, and even 48 Leafs, I just love how the artwork captures the times. When I can show my non-sports-loving wife a card, and she thinks it's beautiful, then it hits this criterion.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by david_l

Are you confusing history and politics? I know the lines can be blurred but please.

Agreed. I didn't read any politics whatsoever into what you wrote. I try not to let the realities of history interfere with my "good ol' days" nostalgia but the imagination requires a filter of gauze to ignore past troubles and the like. A big reason why I collect is to escape the present, to conjure a bygone world when the old people I knew were young, and to re-connect with the young lad I used to be. I remember buying Superboy comics from a news-shack on 86th and Broadway in 1959; the other day I picked up a few issues off eBay, all to please that ancient boy.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by david_l

Are you confusing history and politics? I know the lines can be blurred but please.

OK, stick with the history of baseball and keep your political views out of it. The majority of people in the country believe things are getting worse not better.

[ls7plus]

For me, the card (at least where the visual image is taken from a photograph) is a two-dimensional slice of an actual 3-dimensional moment in the player's life and career, created and preserved virtually contemporaneously. It thus becomes the history of the game I can hold in my hands! Plus, as Leon has not only noted but proven, if you apply some analysis to your purchases, over time, they may well be expected to appreciate substantially in value.

Happy collecting to all,

Larry

[Leon]

Originally Posted by rats60

OK, stick with the history of baseball and keep your political views out of it. The majority of people in the country believe things are getting worse not better.

If someone said that to you would you want to know their name? (kind of goes for David l too) Please be cognizant of the name rules.
And btw, to me, your statement was more political than his. But that is just me.