Questions About "Modern" Cards

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

For some years now I've been curious what will happen when the hobby boom kids grow up and reach that "re-enter the hobby for nostalgia" stage and have disposable income.

Everyone is always quick to point out how much product was produced back in that time frame but they never mention how horribly ineffectual those cards have been stored these past 30 years and how we're going to see the largest influx of adult collectors re-entering the hobby than ever before.

What is going to happen when that occurs? Might be time to buy a Greg Maddux RC.

Arthur

[packs]

I don't collect modern sets but I enjoy modern cards and modern players.

[conor912]

It was made clear in Chicago that “modern” to me means something very different than it does to “modern” collectors. I’ve always wanted that Score card of Bo Jackson with the bat on his shoulders. I coveted that card as a kid but have never owned one. It’s not expensive or rare, it has just seemed to elude me for decades. Anyway, I asked a couple dealers with shiny stuff and they both said the same thing… “I don’t do vintage.” I’m only 44, but you know you’re getting old when your modern is someone else’s vintage.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by conor912

It was made clear in Chicago that “modern” to me means something very different than it does to “modern” collectors. I’ve always wanted that Score card of Bo Jackson with the bat on his shoulders. I coveted that card as a kid but have never owned one. It’s not expensive or rare, it has just seemed to elude me for decades. Anyway, I asked a couple dealers with shiny stuff and they both said the same thing… “I don’t do vintage.” I’m only 44, but you know you’re getting old when your modern is someone else’s vintage.

That's the truth. Kind of like the music you grew up listening to now being played on the "classic" radio station.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

That's the truth. Kind of like the music you grew up listening to now being played on the "classic" radio station.

I think what really drove it home for me was a group discussion online a couple of years ago about what was the first episode of The Simpsons that aired after you were born.

[Exhibitman]

I buy cards that appeal to me aesthetically even if they are junk otherwise.

Junk wax has its place. 1982-2000 cards sell very well at shows to people going after specific players, if they are priced right. I moved hundreds of them at the last show I did and expect to do even better at the Labor Day show in Anaheim in a few weeks.