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Originally Posted by quinnsryche
Yeah! It's new so it's crap!! Only old stuff is cool! Some of you guys sound as ridiculous as the cards you are bashing. I guess my son is a moronic idiot because he likes new cards and not old ones. Anybody want to say that? Smart move, didn't think so. How about like what you like and don't worry about what others collect? How does someone collecting new stuff have any effect on vintage collectors? Just because a 12 year old kid (or a 55 year old man for that matter) doesn't know who Rube Marquard is, doesn't make him stupid. Maybe a shiny card of an older player sparks an interest in finding out about the history of baseball where a T206 holds no interest or value to him (they are small and many are down right ugly).
Food for thought, back to slamming new cards.
PS - by the way, ALL cards were new at some point.
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You make some valid points - I collect old (vintage) and new. The primary difference I see is a 12 year old kid can't afford vintage so should be encouraged to buy, trade and maybe try and sell new cards by all of us. I didn't know who Rube Marquard was when I started collecting my new stuff in 1952. (I also thought they were ugly and quit). Then the 53 Topps came out and then, my favorite, then 53 Bowman black and white. I quit when I went to high school primarily because in my town of 1500 there were no other collectors and no one to talk to. It wasn't until 1975 that i started back again. I now had some resources to spend on cards and started buying everything. Long story but point is we need to encourage kids to collect the new cards - all too many are just playing games on their phones. By encouraging them we build a new generation of card collectors who will maybe learn and care who Rube Marquard was and Johnny Logan and Dave Winfield and all the others that came before and after them. That is what will keep this hobby alive. We won't because we will be gone.