[rhettyeakley]

I had felt the way alot of the posters here do several years ago when I was in my mid 20's. At that time I really didn't know many people my age collecting vintage cards. However, I am 32 now and I have met so many young collectors between 25-35 years old over the past few years that I am actually fairly optimistic about the future of our little hobby.

I think you may actually see an increase in collectors of vintage cards over the coming years that were born and collected during the "rookie card craze" of the 1980's, people like me. I (along with most of my friends) collected cards and we were really into it, however, like most young people I completely lost interest in cards between ages 18-22 or so as I spent time studying and chasing skirts. But once I began to have an actual income and my "collecting gene" began to kick in again I went back to what I knew (baseball cards) and changed my focus to the things that had actually held their value over the years (vintage). In short, I think many people from my generation could come back as they begin to have discretionary income to play with.

-Rhett