The new breed of collectors...

Snapolit1 · #1 05-11-2022, 02:21 PM

Yep.

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Originally Posted by cardsagain74

It's much worse at spots like "vintage baseball photos" groups on facebook. Those have basically just three subjects on a daily basis:

- Old is better than new

- Starting pitchers today throw fewer innings (what a fresh news bulletin eh)

- Nolan Ryan is the most amazing creation ever dropped into the universe

parkplace33 · #2 05-11-2022, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Yep.

A wise man once told me:

�The good old days weren�t really that good. They were just old�

wazoo · #3 05-11-2022, 09:47 PM

Hmm. Never a good idea to generalize a demographic. Some of us are in it gor the long run�

Bridwell · #4 05-11-2022, 10:37 PM

The new "higher end" collector/investor is moving funds from the stock market, or low yield bonds, or out of crypocurrency into sports cards that are perceived to be a safer investment with more upside potential.

Cards of famous players selling for more than $1000 each are like gold nuggets the investor can store for a time, enjoy, show off, and then resell when the next hot investment comes along. The "Blue Chip" players like Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mantle, and Jackie Robinson are easy for them to spend big bucks on.

These types of investors are used to buying at "market", which is the price it takes to win the auction no matter how high. The price to win is the current value, in that flawed logic.

FrankWakefield · #5 05-11-2022, 10:42 PM

I agree, that is what they're doing.

And for us old geezer collectors, it is what we did to the collectors of Cracker Jack prizes. Those folks were seeking rings, tops, puzzles, figurines, and then along comes those "Cracker Jack Ball Players" cards of 1914 and 1915. Those prizes were tough enough to find without baseball card collectors running up the price on all of those cards.

CobbSpikedMe · #6 05-12-2022, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wazoo

Hmm. Never a good idea to generalize a demographic. Some of us are in it gor the long run�

I agree with Waz here. Generalizing a demographic is not the best idea. I assume there are several new young collectors on this board that just don't post very often but are reading threads and learning about the hobby and it's history. It's the flashy investors that are running up prices and exploding the hobby right now. But there are many new collectors that aren't investors.

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ALBB · #7 05-12-2022, 06:42 AM

I fully get it - old collectors getting older..young collectors are.....a.....young !

But whats tough to take is I see 75% pokemon stuff at shows....I get it ..its hot..like way back in the beany baby days....but feels that more comic/toy/non sports show stuff

John1941 · #8 05-12-2022, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by wazoo

Hmm. Never a good idea to generalize a demographic. Some of us are in it for the long run�

I've been thinking that throughout reading this thread. I, for example, am a 15 year old vintage set builder.

Snapolit1 · #9 05-12-2022, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by John1941

I've been thinking that throughout reading this thread. I, for example, am a 15 year old vintage set builder.

Well, as a 15 year old you just learned a very important lesson . . . avoid making generalizations across large groups of people.

Good luck with your sets!

darwinbulldog · #10 05-12-2022, 10:27 AM

I'm glad when I was a younger collector the older collectors didn't have so much disdain for me. Or at least didn't seem to.

SyrNy1960 · #11 05-12-2022, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I'm glad when I was a younger collector the older collectors didn't have so much disdain for me. Or at least didn't seem to.

They did, but they didn't express it like most do today because of the internet/social media.

homerunhitter · #12 05-12-2022, 11:18 AM

As us old farts are getting older, do you think that the younger collectors are really going to be into set building as we are now? Meaning do you think set building will eventually die out amongst the newer collectors entering our hobby?

Has anyone ever got to a point in their collecting where they thought, why even collect all this cardboard because in the end you can�t take it with you! So why collect? Just curious to everyone�s thoughts on this.

Mutton Chop Yaz · #13 05-12-2022, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 3arod13

They did, but they didn't express it like most do today because of the internet/social media.

Some of them expressed it in person, while trying to rip you off to boot! Any kid who explored the local card shops of Anytown, USA with allowance or lawn mowing money in hand during the 1990s knows the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons (from whence my user name originates) is only barely a fictional creation.

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