Help! The Hobby is DYYYINNGGGGG!!!!

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by 1963Topps Set

Is it a "hobby" or an industry?

I guess it depends upon which aspect you are talking about, and to whom you are speaking This is like asking is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable. To me, it is a vegetable for one reason - tomatoes are gross, and in order to be a fruit, you must be delicious.

For me, when I'm collecting Canseco cards, it is a hobby. When I am buying and selling resell lots, it is industry ... well, let me revise that. It is somewhere in between, because it isn't all about money for me. If it were, there are other far more profitable things I could be dabbling in. So, lets make this a new word:

Hobbistry. (Copyright 2015, Mouschi)

[ALR-bishop]

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[Harliduck]

Great commentary, and very well written. I enjoyed that, thanks! I'm a child of the 70's and 80's, and 89 was certainly a pivotal year in the hobby/industry. I was buying cases of Donruss/Upper Deck/Fleer/Topps with the rest of them...and then DONE by the end of 90.

I do think there has been a complete resurgence in the hobby for my generation. I can't tell you how many times I have heard my exact same story. Collected as a kid...got out of it during the junk years...came back in their 30s & 40s as Ebay has now made getting those vintage cards that were so out of reach for us as a kid completely accessible. I wouldn't say its dying either, far from it...when I can go buy a 54 Topps Aaron PSA 8 for $100, I will concede...

[CW]

Based on recent auction prices of cards I follow and appreciate, the hobby is definitely not dying. Some areas of the hobby are more active than others, but overall we've got a long way to go before the funeral mourners start parading down the street for this hobby. Sports are still a popular form of entertainment, and many people have this innate desire to collect stuff.

The original post was an interesting read.

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