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What cars/items/stuff will this generation find collectible?

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The baby boomers are all over the vintage 1960's muscle cars... their parents were all over the stuff from the 1920's and 30's... what will todays generation be after? Hell, what IS there to collect from the current crop of vehicles? I mean, im sure stuff like Toyota Supra's will be collectible... but will anyone want to wax poetic about their 1998 civic with the ginormous wing and the fartcan duct-taped to the exhaust? Or will cars like that be something they just want to forget about?

Similarly, what kind of other stuff will be collectible in 30 years? First gen ipods? Dell computers? High end CRT monitors (the best of the best before everyone threw them out and went to LCDs)? Pez?!
 
Ahhh... good call on the DVD's and Pokemon. Vintage records and movie posters (the future equivelent of dvd's, id assume) go for a ton. And the pokemon equivelent would probably be Hello Kitty merchandise, which also goes for a lot.
 
For items to be collectible, they usually have to be somewhat rare. Either they were totally disposable (and most people through them away) or they were manufactured in limited quantities.

I believe that items that can be captured in a digital medium will not become collectible because they are easily copied. Old records are collectible, but CDs will not be because CDs can be reproduced perfectly in a digital medium. Part of the charm of records is the hiss and noise.

I can't imagine that DVD movies will become collectible because they can be transfered to a digital medium perfectly.

There aren't many manufactured goods that are manufactured in limited quantities anymore. Audiophiles will also cherish vintage receivers.

 
Originally posted by: radioouman
For items to be collectible, they usually have to be somewhat rare. Either they were totally disposable (and most people through them away) or they were manufactured in limited quantities.

I believe that items that can be captured in a digital medium will not become collectible because they are easily copied. Old records are collectible, but CDs will not be because CDs can be reproduced perfectly in a digital medium. Part of the charm of records is the hiss and noise.

I can't imagine that DVD movies will become collectible because they can be transfered to a digital medium perfectly.

There aren't many manufactured goods that are manufactured in limited quantities anymore. Audiophiles will also cherish vintage receivers.
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But you can take a high resolution picture of the mona lisa, and the value of the mona lisa hasn't exactly diminished.
 
i'm having a hard time coming up with anything.
i think that the same stuff that is collectible now will be collectible then.
 
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