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This is a Great Post/Poll
I actually surprised that the group is more towards the younger side. I would have thought that it was more weighted more towards the older crowd. Means the collectors are evolving and new blood is either coming in or coming of age. By the way Love the Henderson Facts one of my favorite players. Loved how he used to snag fly balls with his showmanship |
Damm, and to think some dude was screaming at me last week about all the 30 year olds obsessed with vintage cards.
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That was me :D
And I’m kinda thinking that back and forth may very well have spurred Leon to start this thread...........Leon? Either way, I’m glad he did, cheers Steve ‘And to think some dude’ damn, you sound pretty hip this morning Quote:
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Have been into cards since I was a little kid and always had an interest in vintage, but finally dove in about 5 years ago. After hearing my late father refer to certain cards/sets over the years, it became a want to finally chase some of those cards when my finances allowed. I love the chase |
What is older than vintage? Decrepit, I guess. I ,too, turned 78. My first pack opened was a "51 Bowman.
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485 votes so far and not 1 person between 16 - 21. I am not sure what that means except maybe that age aren't into vintage baseball cards?
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16 was when I bought my first T206s.....Bresnahan, M. Brown & Keeler for $10 total back in 1979. I went on to get pretty much all the T206 HOFers, as well as several other pre-wwII HOFers, between the ages of 16-21. Steve |
I went to a 9 year old baseball tournament this weekend. I can assure you that a walk and two or three passed balls is better than a hit, because the kids were better on ground balls and throwing batters out at first, but a walk was as good as a triple and often resulted in a run.:D
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64 years older than when I had my picture taken with Duke in Ebbets Field in 1957.
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Cool seeing this card posted earlier. I never realized my Chong Modesto Henderson had come from a board member. I was able to win it with a snipe bid from a fishing plant's galley in remote Akutan, Alaska. It was probably the only 30 second window internet worked for me on that entire trip. I'm roughly its age, 44, though born late December (like Rickey) 1976. Collecting my whole life, got pretty serious around 11, off and on through HS, then really serious again late college when eBay had become a thing. It kinda felt like cheating back then, but it was amazing to chase all the stuff you'd never see in the local card shops. |
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44. Actively collected /collecting between ages 9-15; 21-26, and now 37 to present. I guess I'm on "phase III", LOL.
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And I'm familiar with Greg Zaun...he spent a couple years with the Royals in the early 2000's. He was exactly the type of non-descript player that filled the Royals rosters between their World Series years of 1985 and 2014, 2015. As for Cooperstown, I'm hoping maybe Salvador Perez will sneak in one day, and give me another opportunity to watch a Royals player get inducted. |
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We got hooked as 10 year olds, got distracted by more exciting things in high school/college, and then eventually found our way back due to the nostalgia of our 10 year old selves. I definitely took that path. |
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My first year collecting was 1967 Topps
I am 61 years old. My first year collecting was in 1967 at 7 years old. That 1967 set is such a beauty!
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54 and got back into collecting about 7 years ago. Live about 15 minutes away from Addie Joss’s birthplace.
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249. Hemlinegevity (also Puberty Derailment)
How ‘all’ kids collect cards from early on in grade school up until they start chasing skirts sometime in middle school, only to then pick up the hobby again decades later. |
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To paraphrase the late author Ursula LeGuin when she was about 80: "You're only as old as you think you are. You know who says that? YOUNG people! You never hear anyone over 70 say it because it's stupid".
Well, I'm pushing 68 and you won't here me say it either. Getting old sucks. The only good thing about it is you get to be a gripey old cuss who doesn't give a damn what other people think of you. :mad: |
41 and got back into collecting about 11 years ago after being a kid of the junk wax era. Learned ,y lessons and only collect vintage and prewar
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55. Just qualified for the Boston Marathon, though. So I'm spry as hell.
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If he would have lived, TheBig6 would have been celebrating his 68th birthday on the day I was born.
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Is it time to have a renewed poll on age of Net54 Members
I think it would be interesting.
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Looks like I’m the only 18 year old who voted! Haha
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44 here…
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54 here.
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We should have another poll, because in the 18+ months since this one was posted, some of us may have moved up an age bracket.
Brian (mysteriously I have moved down...perhaps I stumbled across the Fountain of Doofus) |
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I know I've moved to a new category since the original poll date.
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I was born this year in Fleer.
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just stumbled on this and only 1 other 16-21 year old, wow
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Hard to believe I'm now in the 2% category. Seems like only yesterday everybody was wondering if generations following us would have any interest in this stuff.
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I think this is more of a gauge on who uses forums vs who collects vintage.
Forums are very dated and the majority of people are using social media instead. |
The bar graph is a perfect bell curve !
I turn 57 this week . Scott |
Just turned 81...bottom of the pack!
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Why not just start a new poll and then we can compare to this older poll and hope the older age groups keep pace with the previous poll.
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1982 Topps years old
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