Pardon me if I ride my hobbyhorse, which is Americans and our (and others') approach to history.
You're right, most of us don't give a wet flapjack, and those who think they are into it are usually uncritically buying something marketed at them. We believe the market is mostly right because we believe it is mostly "us" and follows progress. Those who don't, by definition, belong to some subculture. If you're American and reading this, you do too.
Now Europeans have more latitude in their culture to appreciate what's old. They don't necessarily believe that if something were any good it would still be marketable. So they've got that going for them. They can also observe America from a distance, which lets them be more accepting.
Japanese understand detail and subtlety. Maybe too well. Think Zen gardens. They also are completely in love with America's past. They fetishize it, and want to capture its essence in physical objects that are as close to The Real Thing as possible.