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Originally Posted by Hankphenom
I wonder what happened to stamps and coins, stagnating or even declining in value, as opposed to other collectibles that have appreciated, some exponentially, over the years. I think stamps and coins are still popular, with millions of collectors and large conventions, so what explains the difference? Maybe they're just not as much fun or as interesting as the others? They were probably the earliest major collectibles, why didn't they at least keep pace?
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Take some names like Bugs Raymond, Hooks Wiltse, Nap Rucker, Rough Carrigan. Probably nobody else, of any note, has ever had these names, besides the ballplayers of the 1910 era. I would bet that every year, fewer and fewer people know who these men were. 20 or 30 years from now, far fewer people will know (or care) than today. 50 years from now, they may be completely obscure, save for a tiny number of hard core baseball historians.
Hank, we've discussed The Glory of Their Times before. I would say that book has done for tobacco era cards what the 1952 Topps Mantle has done for post war cards. So, I would say, keeping interest (and value) alive for the old common baseball cards keys on keeping alive the history of the game during that era, through books and movies.