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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;baseball21, post: 2809576, member: 76863&quot;]Collecting will be just fine.&nbsp; It is certainly changing and shows are having a harder time and numismatic memberships may be down, but the internet has changed collecting in ways that makes it harder to measure participation aside from sales which there are plenty of them occurring everyday.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Prices are down but largely due to a lack of disposable income.&nbsp; The internet itself changed the values of some things as well.&nbsp; When you can get on eBay at literally any time and find 100s of something it&#039;s hard for a high value to hold being that common.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as kids and the hobby, it has never really been a hobby for teens.&nbsp; They have always been the exception not the norm.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting will change even more in the future but it will survive even if the tastes of collectors don&#039;t mirror those of the past.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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