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Originally Posted by Tanman7baseball
Good point. I know to collect these cards you need money. My age = not that much money yet. I will point out though that the collectors like yourself who drool over these cards when they were young, do not exist in nearly the amount they used to. Rarely do I see kids drooling over vintage cards at card shows. I was usually the only one back 10 years ago when I'd go to semi-annual Hollywood Park Casino card show. I'm just saying people in the 45-55 year old age group used to dream about having these cards as a kid so now that they can afford them they are buying them. Less kids drooling today means less older men buying tomorrow.
All in all, I'm not saying that the hobby will die but in my opinion the population of dedicated vintage collectors will decline dramatically. But for card prices they will surely rise... I hope.
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They're not drooling on the vintage because of all the shiny foil bat chip 1/1s and jersey swatches. But which ones do they covet the most? Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, etc. Eventually they are going to grow up and want career contemporary cards of these players. My opinion.