I think you would probably need to assess where you are going to concentrate your efforts. In vintage there are basically 2 camps - Pre War (1941 and prior) & Post War (1945 ish thru 70s?).
Find something that grabs your eye, imagination, whatever. PSA SMR will have examples of each card set from each year and also contains some blurbage on each set (era).
https://www.psacard.com/smrpriceguid...card-values/13
Trust me- something will grab ya and then you will officially have the "disease"
For me - I'm stuck in the 50s and personally think it doesn't get any better than this :
Enjoy!