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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3718347, member: 77704"]I would say the hobby is alive and well. It used to be the collecting pursuit of the nobility, business tycoons, lawyers, doctors, movie stars. At the present day, even ordinary guys like myself can afford to build modest collections. Now with the new middle classes in China/ India/ Russia etc. we will add thousands of "new" collectors. But then, look at how the prices have gone up in past ten years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, everyday I see "millenials" walking around like zombies glued to their smartphone<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In my world, its way nicer to have a nice "67 bigblock Corvette roadster", and a nice coin collection.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]996682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]996683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 3718347, member: 77704"]I would say the hobby is alive and well. It used to be the collecting pursuit of the nobility, business tycoons, lawyers, doctors, movie stars. At the present day, even ordinary guys like myself can afford to build modest collections. Now with the new middle classes in China/ India/ Russia etc. we will add thousands of "new" collectors. But then, look at how the prices have gone up in past ten years. Of course, everyday I see "millenials" walking around like zombies glued to their smartphoneo_O In my world, its way nicer to have a nice "67 bigblock Corvette roadster", and a nice coin collection.:happy:[ATTACH=full]996682[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]996683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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