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I've said it before and I'll say it again. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Young people (born after 1980) only care about one thing: $$$$. They will have no interest in taking up a hobby--or putting much effort into anything--unless it has strong likelihood of returning $$$$. As an earlier post in this thread said, young people are very much interested in rare gold coins, and the reason for that is $$$$. Stamps have reputation of not being valuable. That is the reason why young people do not care about stamps.
The C3a sale of $2 million should be a celebrated event for the hobby. It should make headlines far beyond the stamp collecting community. This should be a huge PR moment for the hobby. This is the type of event which should get people excited about stamp collecting and show the world that yes stamps can be worth $$$$ But I don't see anything about it on CNN--I read about it here on this forum. I know when other rare collectibles sell for 7 figures, they do make headlines. Auction firms like Christie's, Sotheby's, & Heritage have great PR departments and put out press releases for big sales like this. Siegel, I guess, not so much. And that is the reason why young people continue to have no interest in stamps. They will have no interest in taking up a hobby--or putting much effort into anything--unless it has strong likelihood of returning $$$$. As an earlier post in this thread said, young people are very much interested in rare gold coins, and the reason for that is $$$$. Stamps have reputation of not being valuable. That is the reason why young people do not care about stamps.
The C3a sale of $2 million should be a celebrated event for the hobby. It should make headlines far beyond the stamp collecting community. This should be a huge PR moment for the hobby. This is the type of event which should get people excited about stamp collecting and show the world that yes stamps can be worth $$$$ But I don't see anything about it on CNN--I read about it here on this forum. I know when other rare collectibles sell for 7 figures, they do make headlines. Auction firms like Christie's, Sotheby's, & Heritage have great PR departments and put out press releases for big sales like this. Siegel, I guess, not so much. And that is the reason why young people continue to have no interest in stamps.
The irony!
Outside the USA, that first line goes:
Americans only care about one thing: $$$$.
This is anchoring: you think what you see is the norm, when what is newsworthy is the outlier.
Also, if the sale of a stamp for $$$$3 million should attract people to the hobby, they better should care about getting $$$$.
In a world where wealth sits with a very small part of humanity and poverty is widespread, it should not surprise anyone that children grow up wanting to be financially independent.
Watching the news about young people doing dumb things to earn money on social platforms dues not mean all young people do this. Most do not.
I have been supporting a ladies' hockey team playing in the Dutch honours league. Most of the young women and men that play in the Dutch hockey leagues do not get paid or get paid very little. They practise four times a week and then play a match. They put a lot of effort in that hobby. Some become Olympic champions. And they are not the only ones who have hobbies or spend their time serving their communities.
Just because young people do not buy classic stamps most people cannot afford, if they want to feed their family, does not mean there are no new young collectors. They collect differently and are not members of the APS (look at photographs of the meetings and imagine why not). And these myopic posts, also, are why they avoid platforms like SCF.
Posted 11/01/2023 10:36 am
