I have no doubts in my mind the modern basketball run up has brought up vintage a long with it. I know several younger guys who invest in modern Graded basketball/football. Since the beginning of this year they have been buying graded vintage, the safe smarter money will always flock to vintage. Higher end vintage will go down the least when it comes down. It’s my believe the AH’s are now flooded with middle and off Grade vintage. How many more multiple 51 and 48 Mantle and Jackie Rookies can you see in grades 1-4 in these auctions, every one has multiples in each.

Too many kids in my playground.
Between HA & REA, they had the cards i been wanting for my set i am working on, but I wasn't the only one playing ball.:mad:

I agree vintage is far safer, but that's like trying to convince a 25 year old that he needs to stop speculating in GameStop and AMC stock and should start buying IBM and Waste Management stock instead.

I disagree, I think there are a ton of thirty somethings right here on Net54 that not only know more about, but probably already have a better Cobb collection than you!

What a stupid comment on a forum of card collectors.

Note, This isn’t: Net54baseball/aarp.com

Lie detectors curious about the

1951 Bowman Mays Psa/dna 4mc auto 10 listed on the boards now in REA

What a stupid comment? Get lost.

OK, you showed me.

I should know better. I was out at a happy hour last night, mostly folks from the office in their 30s, and all anyone wanted to talk about was the Sherry Magee error card and Polar Bear backs. Particularly the young woman. Man do they have a thing for Magee. And Red Cobbs? They wouldn't stfu all night. I think one of the Kardashians is hoarding them.

This is a public forum based on VINTAGE baseball cards. It is safe to assume that almost everyone on here is pretty up on Ty Cobb, not just the blue hairs. I guess you’re just not aware of many members ages.

I know thirty year olds that have purchased 100K T206 cards right here on the BST this year......

Well that settles it. It’s a mania among 30 year olds. Taylor Swift will be on the bandwagon any day.

The original discussion has zero to do with who was on this board is interested in cards. But this does amuse me. Maybe they can have a Ty Cobb booth at the next Lollapallloza.

Sigh.

I like your since of humor, and typical candor, however my point was that’s its illogical to think that millennial money is not also behind Vintage card increases.

Continue that thought process.... Unless you’re 100 years old, you didn’t see Cobb play either, so why do you think that a thirty year old would have less interest in baseball history than you? It just doesn’t make since to me.

In my opinion, I figure we are all baseball fans here.. I played competitive ball and love the game’s history, but because I’m younger than you, you assume I’m ignorant of the game’s history??

Just a comment that stood out to me, thats all, cheers


P.S. That peanut gallery is a nice touch, how do I get one of those? :p

You have to be a beast collector of Gehrig and help me out on a lot of vintage questions. I like the toned down rhetoric of this post a lot more and the question you raise is a good one. The old geezer and I were just texting today about whether young folks would be into cobb twenty years from now and whether any labor squabble would hurt vintage. Our main thought was actually yes on an interest in cobb and not really on a labor shortage. Here’s hoping the game stays strong.

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I don't think any of us should assume that we know why people collect what they collect...definitely doesn't make sense to assume that young people only collect newer stuff and older people only collect vintage. We all have the freedom to collect what interests us. Now back to REA.

Good Call Ethan

Every thread needs a card, here is my last REA pick up

+1 agree.

A lot of the influence can be on what family and friends are collecting.
Or even what their favorite team/players were growing up
Or a single event that they witnessed in baseball

Regardless. The collector keep on collecting and the investors keep on investing.