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Originally Posted by GasHouseGang
What strikes me most about those photos, is how few "old guys" there are at that show. Now it seems the show photos are dominated by the people that were kids in those photos. There just aren't nearly as many young people collecting as there used to be I guess. That was around the time I started collecting myself, and there seemed to be lots of friends my same age that were into it back then. Just an observation.
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To piggyback off this, as someone whose recently gotten back into the hobby, I was pretty amazed by the positive reception I was given by many of the older folks when It came to walking into shows or stores. I fondly remember talking with a group of older gentleman a few months ago about some of the early 50's topps set and they seemed really excited that someone younger was so interested. As a side note I was really looking forward to going to Wildwood this summer for the Show that they have at their convention center, doesn't look like that's going to be the case though.