In fact we're both off topic here. The original discussion was about what would become most collectable in the future; old Zildjians or today's Armands.
Of course a vintage, old cymbal will be more collectable than a new one will be in the same elapsed time. I have no idea how the other guy could make a statement to the contrary!! After twenty years, the new one will be twenty years old and readily available while the old one will be fifty plus years old and getting harder to find every day, especially in good condition.
I suspect that drums and cymbals are following the same patterns of anything else that is deemed "collectable". The items everyone collects now are hard to find because when they came out, nobody thought of them being worth something as a collectable. Am I the only one who used baseball cards, probably some pretty good ones too, to make motorcycle sounds on my bicycle? Nowadays, everything that could be a collectable will be well represented once it ripens to the age where it will start to be sought after. Many people are banking on products being worth more later in life and treating them accordingly. This phenomenom is probably going too far towards the collectable side anymore to be honest, with people placing high values on old junk. Society is now wise to the whole collectables scene.
My point is that anything (mass produced) old and vintage, as of today, will surely be more collectable than something new, as of today, thirty years from now.
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