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Originally Posted by Zach Wheat
Interesting thoughts. I collect mainly pre-War. New collectors whom I have had discussions and have collected strictly modern cards previously say they are slowly discovering older cards. I am not sure what this means for their appetite for pre-war cards and understanding all of the little quirks in sets like the T206. However, this is how I got hooked. One of my first pre-war acquisitions was made as an afterthought. I was hooked from that point forward.
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Zach,
Just curious - what were the first prewar acquisitions that got you hooked? How long ago was that and how much has the price of your first pre-war acquisitions increased? If you started today, would you be hooked on it based on the valuations of today?
I wonder what these new collectors will think if/when they start researching prices in pre-war and find out how they feel about the price run up of the past several years and then having that feeling of missing the boat. Do you think some might just say screw this?
A decade ago, putting together a basic T206 set seemed somewhat possible, now the HOFers and a few others will really cut into your collecting budget and the commons (unless trashed) will not be that cheap anymore.