will anyone be able to purchase a koufax 7 @ $1750....

[packs]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

I can think of at least a dozen things my father, and myself began collecting in our 30s and 40s that we had no interest in or contact with as youths.

Are they things associated with childhood, like baseball cards are? Or are you talking about cars and things like that?

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by packs

Are they things associated with childhood, like baseball cards are? Or are you talking about cars and things like that?

A mix of both but I assure you my parents didn't play with 19th century cut glass, toothpick holders, clocks, duck decoys, art, stamps, coins etc etc as children. Nor did their parents collect it. I'm not saying you're wrong. I just don't see a concrete correlation

[packs]

Right but those things aren't related to childhood. I would make the argument that most adults return to collecting to recapture some part of their youth, whether its conscious or not. Those things are hobbies that are unrelated in my opinion to any type of nostalgia from your past.

[Stonepony]

[QUOTE=packs;1551882]Right but those things aren't related to childhood. I would make the argument that most adults return to collecting to recapture some part of their youth, whether its conscious or not. Those things are hobbies that are unrelated in my opinion to any type of reclamation.[/QUOTE

Oh, so that's the reason I have 12 different colored 1971 Hot Wheels Redline Pythons!!!

[glynparson]

Many do buy cards as kids they are just more often Magic or Yugi Oh or another form of game card. That said 4 different boys in my 30 home neighborhood collect football cards. I now because my daughter has traded with them.

[Leon]

[QUOTE=Stonepony;1551884]

Originally Posted by packs

Right but those things aren't related to childhood. I would make the argument that most adults return to collecting to recapture some part of their youth, whether its conscious or not. Those things are hobbies that are unrelated in my opinion to any type of reclamation.[/QUOTE

Oh, so that's the reason I have 12 different colored 1971 Hot Wheels Redline Pythons!!!

I have to admit handling the 1968-1972 Topps again (rookies and such...), after doing it in childhood, does bring back a lot of good memories. Those were the days.
So that part is true, 40-45 yrs from now kids will probablyt be remembering snapchat and other online stuff....

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[Tennis13]

I hear you guys on nostalgia, but I have always been surprised by how specialized old Nintendo games are in terms of appreciating in value. Very few are worth a mint; I personally would have thought they would have appreciated like baseball cards from my dad's generation, but aside from a few key ones, they haven't really.

Also, I have read this thread, and I know I am stepping on a land mine here, but why this card specifically? What thread is this referencing?

[Rookiemonster]

Well like everything else the key issues are best. But NES games all have come a long way . When the first play station came out most not all of the NES games could be yours for .50. You can't find even the worst NES game for .50 now.unless it also has condition issues.