;-)
 

"Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Why is it strange, obviously he has a large following and gets a lot of traffic?
Fandango
"im smart enough not to debate something with you...you are always right..."

That must be why I always seem to agree with him.;)

73 & 1/3.

Saw my 1st MLB game @ Ebbets Field in 1953 @ the age of 13 & being the packrat I am still have the ticket stub.

age
 

just turned 57 yesterday.

Just came back from the Boston show, I still really enjoy collecting cards.
Every time a buy a graded card, by the time I get home, I wish it was like it just came out of the pack, un-graded.

enjoy the hobby.

john

31 yrs old.

54

32, and hope to pass along my passion for the hobby to my newborn son Daniel (born Friday, Nov 1st).

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Cute kid Rob, congratulations!! There goes your sleep.......


On another note, it sure seems like an even split on ages.

38 with two sweet daughters, 7 and 4. Can't get enough of them.

Rob, congrats on your best acquisition!

Best,

Andy

46, married with two kids (12YO boy and 3YO girl)..the boy shows no interest in baseball or my collection...which is too bad because when he quit playing baseball a few years back he was by far the best hitter on his team...he took up guitar instead. My daughter is too young to really understand my collection, but she did watch a lot of the World Series with me "Daddy's B's" won!!!

27, married - no kiddos.

62 - married with 4 kids and 4 grandchildren

48 - married with 3 children (16, 11 yr old twins).

66 but still on the right side of the grass.

34 - married, with an 11-month-old son (whose card collection already trumps his father's)

Cool thread
 

41

4 children...too young to know if they will be into cards.

56

63 and counting.....backwards soon I expect. Wife and daughter, neither one have any interest in my "foibles." Expect to start letting stuff go as a result....they would just toss it all I think.

68 years young
 

68 years old, have been married to my wonderful wife for 48 years. 4 grown kids and 4 grand kids. Hobby keeps me active. Love the hunt and occasionaly finding something to add to my meager collection.

63, three grown kids, married 37 years, I remember buying 100 packs of 1958 Topps at a time at the supermarket, the lady asked me if my Mother knew what I was doing. That's when I learned that you needed to have your own means (cash) to be independent. I have been ever since. Baseball cards have been a great way to learn basic math and I highly recommend them to the younger generation. Just collect the older stuff :)

50 years old with 2 boys, 19 and 14, Saw my 1st Baseball game in 1970, Expos vs Braves, at Jarry Park

32 with 3 kids. Active collector of vintage football cards

51 year old unmarried hermit.

I'm 19, but I've been reading and following the board since when I was 15.

49 with a wife and Westie who is our child.

63.8

44 married for 16 yrs with no kids. Been collecting since mid 80's when my little brother got me started.

Does your Westie like cards?
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Gonna be 50 in January (still feel like I'm 18 in my head). Not really sure how I feel about the big 5-0. Great wife and 2 daughters soon to be 21 and 18.

Jeff

44 married with two daughters (8 and 13)

32 and collecting vintage baseball and basketball.

51, desperate for work soon, but grateful for several awesome folks on the NET and in severe addiction mode with our fantastic hobby. :)

55 One son 21 that is a collector (mostly modern). Says he will get into prewar when I am gone. He's just waiting for the win fall.:rolleyes:
Hate to tell him I am going to live to 100.

Wow! I attended my first M's game at 13 in 1985. Don't have the stub:(

Cool stub!

36, divorcing, with 3 teenage boys (15, 15, 13). They had interest in modern cards for a year or so back in 2011 but lost the bug and are heavy into playing Xbox video games. Maybe when they have my grandchildren I can get them involved in the hobby.

Sixty-three going on fourteen. Married, no kids yet, still trying.

Excellent optimism David. :D

36, single, no kids. Caregiving for my dad full-time right now.

Josh

21. Broke.

40, married w/ 3 kids, 4 (boy), 2 (boy), newborn (girl, September)

Just turned 42 end of September. Unmarried Without Children.

I saw my first game in the spring of 1980 at Milwaukee County Stadium at eight. I've been hooked ever since.

just turned.....
 

42 :)

Thank you to all the 60+ posters. Now this 62 year old doesn't feel nearly as creaky.

David:

You can stop trying. I'll send you one of mine. :D

Kevin

I'm 45, married with two boys (8 & 3). They are starting to get interested in cards (they want whatever I have out at any given time!) Somewhat interested in baseball but can't sit through a whole game unless we're there live.

33 w/4 1/2 yo daughter. She still thinks I'm cool even though I started collecting cards again.

45, but 29 in my head

Age
 

Just turned 50 (10/14), wife - 3 step-kids (hers from a previous marriage) and like many of you, none of them have any interest in card collecting/trading.

37 with 4 children. 2 boys and 2 girls. My sons love collecting and even my girls enjoy sitting down with us and looking through the boys cards.

34 with one 4 yr old daughter. She got really into watching the post season with me this year and she loves shiny cards, so there's hope.

I'm amazed at how young this group is skewing, although I suppose there are some older guys who still don't do much on the internet. So much for the hobby aging out.

David did you get the books I sent with pictures, are you sure you're doing it right? :D

I thought the same thing Hank. It is quite refreshing to see the amount of young whipper snappers we have!! I guess the pessimists (see Peter U.) will find some way of saying something negative about it. Maybe there were hanging chads at the count or something.....

I'm not terribly surprised. All us guys in our 30's were the 8-12 year olds of the late 80's boom and got hooked hard. A lot of us have gotten into vintage because those were the cards we coveted as kids. It's our kids' generation where the the drop-off will happen, but the next 30 years should be sustainable, at least.

Great last point. This hobby will be very strong for the next 30 years. Who knows if our children will carry the baton

Spot on. Our kids' generation will be fine IMO, youth baseball is booming here in Tennessee, there's a wall of card packs at Toys R Us, displays at Walmart. Shoot, there's even a display at the Dollar Tree of packs for a buck apiece.

FINE!!!! You've changed my mind! I'm done being negative. As of right now...I will be a changed...more positive man!

Re: How old are members on our board?
 

I'm 45 1/2. Just celebrated 20 years of marriage.

We have a 13 yr old son and a 9 yr old daughter.

Neither of the kids express much interest in card collecting.

ErikV

Be yourself Peter. That is the way we all know and love you..

I'm 27 and married with no children yet. However, they will inundated with baseball from the get go whether it be M's games, green/blue clothing I purchase for them, my softball games, playing catch with me in the backyard, and their own T-ball league. In my fantasy world, this will make them fall in love with baseball and take an interest in my collection.

59 years old. Divorced

5 children with the youngest in her last year of nursing school.

Ex-pating in the Caribbean now.

I am 41; however, look at it this way...
 

I am 21...with two decades of experience. :D

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Great posts

Absolutely 100% true for me. The biggest influence of having a few good local card shops for me was far less about what I bought there, and more about what I gazed at and came to covet. Once I was older and had money to spend, and eBay as a market place, I knew exactly what I wanted after all those years of dreaming.

Almost 35, married, bun in the oven. :)

56 years of age, 3 "kids", ages 31, 27 & 24. 2 grand-daughters ages 2 1/2 & 9 months.
RC

I'm almost 65. I collected when I was a kid, in the early 60's. When I was a teenager, my mom threw everything out. But it's okay, I got everything back plus lots more.

I collect cards of old Jewish players, and old Hall-of-Famers. I have sets from the 30's, 40's, and 50's.

But the cards I love best are the tobacco cards. I have a hundred-twenty t206's, and a hundred-fifty t205's. And my favorites are the Obaks. I have ninety of them, and I'm always looking for the guys I don't have.

My son isn't too interested. My daughter is, but up to a point. I'm thinking grandchildren are the key.

Happy collecting, however old you are!

27, getting married next June

Age
 

47- Not as old as I will be..No kids interested yet...

Age
 

71.5

There are books...with pictures?

Congratulations, Steve!

I am 54 married with 3 sons. First son is named Zach.

Age
 

33 with a wife and a 2.5 month old daughter. My daughter seems to like the cards when I hold them in front of her, but I wonder if it's too early to tell whether she'll want to collect.

Josh

Spot on!

42, married, four kids (14, 12, 9 & 1).

I am 54 on Net54

This "dinosaur" celebrated his 75th Birthday last week (Nov 5th). Life is great....the Good Lord has Blessed us with a wonderful family.



Our older daughter....Debbie with her children....Kurtis and Madison

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Our younger daughter....Zoe with son Ronnie

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T-Rex TED

47 on Nov. 23rd. Still remember my mom buying me '72 packs at age 5. I still get that feeling sometimes when I look at those cards....

Ted
 

Very nice family!
Who is inheriting your world class collection?

I put my age in a while ago, but see that the thread has moved to the offspring.

I am 31 and have three children, with one just announced as on the way due to be here July 8th. My oldest is 3 with her birthday in Septemeber. So for a couple of months we will have 4 children under the age of 4.

Yet somehow I still seem to have a baseball collection as of now. This last week I started cleaning out the remains of my childhood collection from my parent's house (80-2000s cards) and the 3 year old has been wanting to go through the boxes and look at them. She also loves to look through auction catalogs when they come in the mail. She yells at me if I look at it before or without her "My baseball book, you share!" There are several torn catalogs that have made their way into their toys because they are loved very well by her. On top of that when given the choice of a baseball card show or the zoo two weeks ago she chose the zoo, but as we left the zoo she asked "can we look at cards now?" I tried to explain we only had time for one and she was not happy, but told her we could look at some when we got home which satisfied her.

My youngest is 10 months old, but when he was 3 months old my wife started giving up a baseball card when ever he would cry and once he had it he would stop crying (when she told me this it made my day) so for a while she had it as part of her diaper bag arsenal to cary around a baseball card "just in case".

So I feel I have done my part to keep the collecting going, but they are too young to know if it will stick.:)

I'm 29, married with a 5 yr old boy who loves baseball & card collecting. I've only been collecting vintage cards for 10 months and I love it!! I have 4 modern cards left, that's it!!

Hobby Age
 

Im 54. Have a 21 yr old Son and 18 yr old Daughter. Both are away in College. Both Love to play sports. But are not into collecting. They just dont get it.
I used to Coach them in Little League ,Softball and Basketball. Boy, I miss those days. Collecting Helps Me fill the Void.

John P