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Post by genazzano on Nov 19, 2014 0:45:00 GMT -5
Ever wonder what camera collections would be like when the kids of today get to be 50 years old? The most common camera today is one that is in the cell phones and smart phones. Nostalgia will be evoked by an old Nokia or a vintage iPad. None of these cameras will actually work, of course. Film cameras will be part of ancient history and will not be part of a collectors personal experience.
David
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Post by philbirch on Nov 19, 2014 5:16:25 GMT -5
Old phones are very collectible now. My kids get dewy eyed at the sight of a Nokia 8200.
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Post by genazzano on Nov 19, 2014 18:49:36 GMT -5
I think it was acstory in the Guardian that had me wondering what the collector of 2030 will have.
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Post by philbirch on Nov 20, 2014 5:31:37 GMT -5
if its us, probably more of the same.
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Post by paulhofseth on Mar 26, 2015 17:07:24 GMT -5
Judging from a Financial Times piece on car prices, collectibles gradually leave the realm of users, history buffs and private museums and join whomever needs to stash cash away. Artworks, classic cars, high end watches, whatever keeps your Euros (etc) discreetly safe from quantitative easing and other monetary uncertainties.
Generational effects do occur, they may influence prices(and while the mechanical creations still work in 2030, most of the electronic marvels will have died possibly influencing their price), but the historically knowlegdeable collectors in 2030 will not be able to afford the "Picassos" and "Rembrandts" of the camera world. They will be employed as curators.
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