> the people who used slide rules in their professions and were willing to pay over $50 to re-experience the nostalgia of playing with one again are now all dead.
The price of collectable cars is also affected by the age of the collectors market. Prior to me it was all about Model-Ts, old '30s era etc that I would see on the collectibles TV shows. GenX was after '60s era big body American muscle. Millenials are collecting 80s era box Chevys. The price of those early Ford Model-T, as an example, has declined because the collectors are too old. And anyone born after WW2 has little nostalgia for them.
Now I'm starting to see '80s Mercedes-Benz 300s at car shows. And the kids are dressing in 80s and 90s fashion, again.
There is no deep meaning to collectibles market. Owning a slide rule was fashionable until they were not. Classic cars, vintage clothes, and comics are basically the same.
The price of collectable cars is also affected by the age of the collectors market. Prior to me it was all about Model-Ts, old '30s era etc that I would see on the collectibles TV shows. GenX was after '60s era big body American muscle. Millenials are collecting 80s era box Chevys. The price of those early Ford Model-T, as an example, has declined because the collectors are too old. And anyone born after WW2 has little nostalgia for them.
Now I'm starting to see '80s Mercedes-Benz 300s at car shows. And the kids are dressing in 80s and 90s fashion, again.
There is no deep meaning to collectibles market. Owning a slide rule was fashionable until they were not. Classic cars, vintage clothes, and comics are basically the same.