Idealizing the past

Why are some people into old things- old furniture, old cars, old songs... Did we miss something from our childhood? Why do we keep wanting to live in the past? Do we have this idealized image of time past? I love old cars (u know those old VW vans), old books (leather bound any day over paperbacks), old songs (tony Bennett, Billie Holiday over Justin Bieber any day), old furniture (butcher block kitchen island, wooden chairs with peeling paint), old fairs (tikams, haunted house, not too scary roller coaster), old clothes, records over cds, etc. this reminds me of the movie midnight in Paris, where Owen Wilson idealized about the roaring 20s and Marion cotillion (from the 20s) idealized about the golden age (the 1800s). Are we sentimental fools? Unlikely... Coz most of these things I love were already obsoleted in my time. Why do some people embrace the modern times so well? It's all quite strange when u think about it. What kind of characteristics are common in people who love bygone times, I wonder...