Friends who don't understand pre-war collecting.

The worst is when you make a pick-up that you're super excited about but would rather not mention to your wife, then you think about telling one of your friends but quickly realize they wouldn't understand, so you then decide to post it in the pickups thread and get no response.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

The worst is when you make a pick-up that you're super excited about but would rather not mention to your wife, then you think about telling one of your friends but quickly realize they wouldn't understand, so you then decide to post it in the pickups thread and get no response.

There are so many great, great cards listed in the pick up threads that sometimes they don't get responses. IF you have a really great, new pickup then could start a new thread, show it, and tell others to show that series too.....then you can get a little more exposure and have fun seeing other ones too. Just a thought. Many times I see a freaking awesome card and it gets a little overlooked; and it shouldn't.

Originally Posted by Leon

There are so many great, great cards listed in the pick up threads that sometimes they don't get responses. IF you have a really great, new pickup then could start a new thread, show it, and tell others to show that series too.....then you can get a little more exposure and have fun seeing other ones too. Just a thought. Many times I see a freaking awesome card but it gets a little overlooked and it shouldn't.

Good points Leon. I don't crave the feedback all that much but its always nice when a pickup you're excited about gets good response.

[Orioles1954]

The pre-war collecting hobby is only a tiny, tiny fraction of the overall sports collecting industry. From my experience, collectors of "shiny cards" are fans who do actually appreciate older players. However, from a historic standpoint, there is so much to explore that they don't know where to start. Conversely, I've found that many in the pre-war collecting hobby are far more elitist and reject anything they perceive as "new" off-hand. I don't actively collect anymore, but when and if I do return it will be toward modern cards.

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

The worst is when you make a pick-up that you're super excited about but would rather not mention to your wife, then you think about telling one of your friends but quickly realize they wouldn't understand, so you then decide to post it in the pickups thread and get no response.

The struggle is real lol . As I only have a few pre was cards I find that most don't even know mid to low range hofers from 50s and 60s