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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 138346, member: 37"]From the article:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font face="Courier New">“Collecting is all about satisfying needs, he said. Young people today are used to immediacy. With the internet and cell phones they can fill their needs in an instant. They no longer have to own things so there are fewer and fewer people looking for them.”</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure what this even means. Collecting does fill a need but it is different than the needs pursued by many people today. The internet and cell phones actually help people fulfill their collecting needs so what he is saying really doesn't make sense. They are tools people use to fulfill needs across the board. </p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier in the article, he mentioned something about younger people liking to look at antiques but not necessarily own them. </p><p><br /></p><p>"<i><font face="Courier New">Millennials, Lawson said, like to look at antiques on the internet but they don’t want to buy them the way older generations once did. The attraction of owning old things is just not there"</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Is he saying that looking at antiques on the internet fulfills the same need as collecting them? I certainly don't buy that premise. I do think values have shifted but not for this reason. Maybe there has been an overall shift away from material possessions but that really has little to do with antiques. The antiques market may be a casualty of this to some extent but I would say that changing tastes are more to blame. People are still buying lots of things, just not antiques as much. </p><p><br /></p><p>There has been an overall shift in priorities among people and the internet has been a part of that. I think you have to look much deeper than what is presented in this article to get a handle on why things changed. While there are probably some good points in the article, I don't think it really examines what has happened in any meaningful way. I would hope that what was written is a poor interpretation of Mr. Lawson's talk rather than what he was actually saying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 138346, member: 37"]From the article: [I][FONT=Courier New]“Collecting is all about satisfying needs, he said. Young people today are used to immediacy. With the internet and cell phones they can fill their needs in an instant. They no longer have to own things so there are fewer and fewer people looking for them.”[/FONT][/I] I am not sure what this even means. Collecting does fill a need but it is different than the needs pursued by many people today. The internet and cell phones actually help people fulfill their collecting needs so what he is saying really doesn't make sense. They are tools people use to fulfill needs across the board. Earlier in the article, he mentioned something about younger people liking to look at antiques but not necessarily own them. "[I][FONT=Courier New]Millennials, Lawson said, like to look at antiques on the internet but they don’t want to buy them the way older generations once did. The attraction of owning old things is just not there"[/FONT][/I] Is he saying that looking at antiques on the internet fulfills the same need as collecting them? I certainly don't buy that premise. I do think values have shifted but not for this reason. Maybe there has been an overall shift away from material possessions but that really has little to do with antiques. The antiques market may be a casualty of this to some extent but I would say that changing tastes are more to blame. People are still buying lots of things, just not antiques as much. There has been an overall shift in priorities among people and the internet has been a part of that. I think you have to look much deeper than what is presented in this article to get a handle on why things changed. While there are probably some good points in the article, I don't think it really examines what has happened in any meaningful way. I would hope that what was written is a poor interpretation of Mr. Lawson's talk rather than what he was actually saying.[/QUOTE]
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