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Originally Posted by decojoe67
There is no doubt that the largest group of collectors are ones that have a nostalgia for sets from when they were young. When they die-off, interest in that area falls quite a bit. This has happened with cars like the Model T and A which used to be much, much more popular. The interest doesn't completely go away, it's just not nearly as strong. Hopefully there will be collectors like me that, although born years after the items they collect were made, still get excited about them.
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That's a very good point. We've observed the same thing in telephone collecting, which is my primary hobby. The older wooden wall sets and "candlestick" desk phones aren't nearly as in demand as they once were, whereas now people are more interested in the newer plastic sets from the 1950s-70s.