Christmas Presents for the Beginner
 

Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Cy,<br /><br />My nephew is a die-hard Giants fan and has recently gotten into the history of the New York Giants and T206 cards. He loves Matty but I'm not going to spoil him, I'm pretty sure he will be happy with a T206 John McGraw.<br /><br />He just started at U.C. Davis and is pre-med, so he's going to have his hands full with academics. So, I don't want to give him another large thick book because I know he won't read it. But the Spalding Guide I'm familiar with and probably still have time to purchase one off of E-bay. Thanks for the suggestion.<br /><br />Peter C.<br /><br /><br />

Christmas Presents for the Beginner
 

Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>For a fan of the Giants of around 1909, a fantastic baseball novel is Eric Rolfe Greenberg's The Celebrant.<br /><br />Enough cannot be said about what a wonderful baseball novel this is. A joy to read, until you get to the end and realize the book is concluded. <br /><br />If he's a reader, get him a copy of The Celebrant. Every T206 collector should read it...

Christmas Presents for the Beginner
 

Posted By: <b>Scott Levy</b><p>When I first starting collecting just about anything (cards, stamps, coins, etc). I was given a great reference book with pictures, histories and prices and a whole bunch of very low grade and/or low cost examples -- but somehow there would magically be one pretty decent item in there.<br /><br />I don't know what your budget is ... but I'd suspect that for around $150 you can get a great guide, a decent sized bunch of lowgrade prewar cards and maybe even a HOF player. <br /><br />Granted I was a lot younger than your nephew when I got into those hobbies, but having a lot of things that I owned to look at and check out in the guide really fired up my interests in those hobbies and it was so cool to see all MY stuff listed.