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Originally Posted by Leon
I think I keep a fairly close ear to the ground concerning our hobby. What I see is it becoming more competitive and prices aren't going down. Each auction I track doesn't seem to have very many great deals. I think when we step back and think of what we do as collecting antiques with a baseball emphasis, it seems even more long term.
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I completely agree with this.
There are a couple current posts on this forum and the Post War forum where I was amazed actually how young a lot of folks are here. I also do not subscribe to the fact that you had to see players to collect/worship them. My 8 year old son has 4 favorite players - Jackie Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Babe Ruth, and Nolan Ryan. My 16 year old daughter's boyfriend is obsessed with Nolan Ryan and he was retired before he was born. Legends are legends, and with all the technology (youtube, ect) younger kids are seeing these legends far more than I was able to do when I was a kid. My sons favorite youtube is a Mantle vs. Killebrew Home Run Derby show. I can also guarantee he has seem more footage of Babe Ruth than ANY kid from the 50s & 60s growing up ever did.
Part of the allure when I got back into the hobby 5-6 years ago was the great deals I was finding on the vintage I couldn't afford as a teenager/twentysomething. As someone mentioned earlier...the good deals are getting harder, and harder to find...there too many dudes like me coming back and I now have to compete with them!!