Why I don't collect Modern stuff

[bmattioli]

The day when I can't go to a local store and buy a pack of cards to open for my collection is here I'm done. This year 2021 with all these so called shortages and limits I'm done..

BTW the card pictured here from OP is not what I collect.. Dumb IMO..

[Eric72]

It's a:

2021 / Project 70 / T206 / 1987 Topps / shades & jewelry / special orange slice version / Honus Wagner

At least it's not an NFT.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Disrespectful to whom exactly?

[Snapolit1]

I like it. Art is supposed to get a reaction from people. This isn’t cutting up a jersey or something stupid. It’s an artist’s interpretation of a
Classic card.

[Snapolit1]

Beautiful.

[Frankish]

I don't find that card attractive or interesting. On the other hand, I don't see how it's disrespectful. My own collection is 90+% vintage, but I have seen a few new cards I admire. I'm not willing to pay the freight for it, but I thought this one was very cool...

[molenick]

I agree that I don’t see this as being disrespectful and I echo the comment that at least no actual vintage item was destroyed to make the card. It's more a matter of whether this is the kind of thing you like.

If you want to see something disrespectful, look what someone did to an actual card. They took a 1990 Topps #2 Nolan Ryan (worth almost $1) and made it into a vaguely humorous piece of sort-of art. And then someone bought it and gave it to me because I often hum this song and they know I like baseball cards. And now I display it on my bookshelf because, while I do not collect modern cards, I think it is kind of funny.

The fact that there are new cards being made that you don’t like, or are being sold in a way you don't like, should not affect your enjoyment of the part of the hobby you do like. As long as there is no deceit involved, I try not to get too worked up about what someone else is buying or selling.

The card the OP posted is not my cup of tea either so I will not be buying it…along with not buying millions of other cards available for sale (except for hopefully a couple of the cheaper ones in the Heritage auction).

[Bigdaddy]

In my best old man voice: "Ehhh....These young whipper-snappers have disrespected the honorable Honus Wagner, the greatest shortstop to ever field a ground ball and the holy grail of our cardboard worship. Who do they think they are? What's next, a color photo of the Babe?? Mr. Cobbs texting on an iphone? Today's kids wouldn't know a ballplayer from a buggy whip."

BTW, those Dr. J and Rapid Robert cards are cool, man.