How we look at our cards...and what is old?

[Touch'EmAll]

Pete, I also grew up collecting in the mid/late 1970's.

I would walk to the store after school with friends to buy packs. Would ride my bike to Toy City to buy the 3 pk cellos. Go to a local show and ohh-ahh and marveled at all the cards. Traded at school lunchtime with other kids. Go over what we had waiting at the bus stop.

At the time, 1970, 71 & 72 cards seemed old, almost ancient.

Now, old to me is pre-1952.

But back to the more important note - old ? I'm not old, er, am I ? Sigh.

[Casey2296]

I collect post-war cards that had some significance to me as a kid in the late 60's early 70's, really have no interest in anything younger than that so they're all old to me. My pre-war bug was planted back then with the Kelloggs all time greats 3-d set (curse you Mr Kellogg) and dabbled a little bit of pre-war when I was 21.

Now I need to attend weekly "pre-war anonymous" meetings at the local church to control my habit...

Every thread needs a card so here's a couple of oldies.
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[Stampsfan]

As a kid, I collected from the late 60's to the early 70's. Never got rid of my cards.

Fast forward to the late 80's, and my nephew brought me a price guide. This was my first inkling into the hobby as an adult. I was shocked at the prices on single cards that I had paid 5-10 cents for a pack (a dollar a card or more).

I was quite surprised that cards I collected as a kid were considered old.

[RCFire82]

Well this is a depressing 3:00 am read... 40yrs old in October. As a 90's kid, cards never started feeling old until about the 70's.

[darwinbulldog]

For me it's always been roughly this. If your age is x, an old card is one that is at least (1.25x + 10) years old.

[darwinbulldog]

Several of Rihanna's most popular songs ("S.O.S.", "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music"...) are now older than my parents' Beatles records were when I listened to them as a kid 40 years ago. Whaddya gonna do?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

For me it's always been roughly this. If your age is x, an old card is one that is at least (1.25x + 10) years old.

I guess old cards, to me, are from the 1950s back.....since that is right before I was born. I don't want to have old cards be younger than me LOL...

This is an old card.

[Yoda]

Think how collectors of 19th century material must feel.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Leon

I guess old cards, to me, are from the 1950s back.....since that is right before I was born. I don't want to have old cards be younger than me LOL...

This is an old card.

This sounds like the best standard to me. An old card can't be younger than I am.