I have a little more optimistic view of the hobbies future however I do feel prices have shot up to quickly in the last few years and there may soon be a correction in values . I think its always going to be human nature to be attracted to quality built colorful and rare items from the past no matter what your age is . I see it when my children bring there friends over to look around , most of them really are interested and impressed as well as wanting to know more about history etc.. Who would want to live in a mass produced everything the same cookie cutter world . I'm 63 years old and in my lifetime the rare hard to find pumps and signs have always gone up even when the economy was bad . Anyways I don't worry about it either way because every dollar I have spent collecting has been more than paid back to me by the fun of traveling and searching and finding these things and especially the friendships made along the way . Whenever I walk by these things and look at them it makes me happy . Peter
