Determining what is vintage

[ALR-bishop]

I like the division on the board, pre war, post war , and post 1980. I hate the word vintage almost as much as the word poppage

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I like the division on the board, pre war, post war , and post 1980. I hate the word vintage almost as much as the word poppage

I hear you but nothing is worse than poppage.

[homerunderby]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

I hear you but nothing is worse than poppage.

It's an interesting question, when I started collecting (and was aware of the organized hobby) was probably about 1980, and vintage was 1960. Do kids today think 1998 is vintage?

I guess it reminds me how much I've aged and how different this hobby to me than it was back then. Finding "old" cards back then was exotic, now you can get pretty much any Topps card throughout their history online.

I remember I met a kid who had 1970-71 cards, I gave up just about anything to get those exotic cards.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by homerunderby

It's an interesting question, when I started collecting (and was aware of the organized hobby) was probably about 1980, and vintage was 1960. Do kids today think 1998 is vintage?

I guess it reminds me how much I've aged and how different this hobby to me than it was back then. Finding "old" cards back then was exotic, now you can get pretty much any Topps card throughout their history online.

I remember I met a kid who had 1970-71 cards, I gave up just about anything to get those exotic cards.

When my girls hear me talk about the 90s, they look at me like I am dead. It is all relative.

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[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

I hear you but nothing is worse than poppage.

I will concede you this point Jeff. I did say almost

[Volod]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I like the division on the board, pre war, post war , and post 1980. I hate the word vintage almost as much as the word poppage

Two different categories of neologisms, but I agree that vintage should only be applied to wines.

[ALR-bishop]

I also hate it when I have to go to a dictionary to find out what someone here is talking about

[wdwfan]

I've always considered Ts all the way to Goudeys in their own individual category, and I've always though of 50s-75 as vintage. However, now that I'm only collecting "vintage" I am thinking that 50s-65 should be vintage. I know everything until 73 was in series. But commons from like 66-75 (the end of what I used to consider vintage) are next to worthless. You can get them for like 10 cents apiece nowadays.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by wdwfan

I've always considered Ts all the way to Goudeys in their own individual category, and I've always though of 50s-75 as vintage. However, now that I'm only collecting "vintage" I am thinking that 50s-65 should be vintage. I know everything until 73 was in series. But commons from like 66-75 (the end of what I used to consider vintage) are next to worthless. You can get them for like 10 cents apiece nowadays.

Can you get common high number cards from 1966 and 1967 for 10 cents each?

[wdwfan]

No. I never said anywhere I could get high #s for that. I can get commons for that. High #s aren't considered commons, or at least I don't think they would be considered that.

Originally Posted by rats60

Can you get common high number cards from 1966 and 1967 for 10 cents each?

[rats60]

Originally Posted by wdwfan

No. I never said anywhere I could get high #s for that. I can get commons for that. High #s aren't considered commons, or at least I don't think they would be considered that.

They are common players. I find it odd your cutoff. I always found 1964 and 1965 much easier than 1966 and 1967. 1968-73 seemed even more plentiful. By the time you get to 1974, you can buy nice sets under 200.00 and I don't ever see much appreciation.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I also hate it when I have to go to a dictionary to find out what someone here is talking about

My bad, Al - I should have just opined that vintage had always been perfectly happy as just a noun and should never have been misappropriated for use as an adjective in our hobby.