I've had people tell me they have old cards stashed away - or cards their grandfather had - but I never get to see them.
As for me - I have a small vintage collection. Some 19th century...early 1900's...a couple cards from the 30's and 40's...and some key rookies from the 50's. It's small...I'm on a budget...but I enjoy them.
As for newer stuff...I have some...I buy a couple boxes a year, but not much. Mostly hockey for the newer stuff though.
...and for the 1980's and early 1990's "junk"....I like it. Overproduced? Sure. But I grew up in that era. I collect all the key rookie cards from the 80's and 90's. If anyone has any Henderson, Ripken, Sandberg, Boggs, Gwynn, Strawberry, Mattingly, Clemens, Puckett, Griffey, Jeter, Piazza and Rivera junk rookies they wanna' throw out - send them this way! lol
Just last year, I sold off much of my modern baseball "inserts" and "game-used" cards on ebay. Made several hundred dollars - put it all towards 1980's-1990's rookie cards. Why? Because I wanted to! I find them more important to me (more valuable to me) than the modern shiny inserts, parallels, and game-used cards I had (not that I hate them - I just wanted something else!) That's what's great about a hobby.
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