Starting a vintage baseball set
 

I am interested in putting a vintage baseball set together but unsure which one. I would prefer a smaller set and not overly expensive. I would appreciate your suggestions. Thanks.

what is "vintage" in your eyes? 50's? 40's?
pre-war?

p.s.

welcome to the site!!

Most of the 1910 era E sets are 25-60 card sets albeit with quite a few HOFers.
E96 might be a good choice, 30 cards and no Cobb, Wagner, Johnson or Matty.

Good luck and welcome.

Also to clarify, what is "not overly expensive"? If you could provide:
A ) What you mean by vintage (ie what years interest you), and
B ) What are you looking to spend on completing a set, and
C ) What (if any) are your condition requirements,
I know there are lot of folks here that could provide you with some excellent guidance to better direct your efforts.

How about
1936 Goudey or even 1935 if you would like Ruth?
Either are readily available and won't break the bank.
They might get you started towards a lifelong addiction, low bank balance and a new level of nerd-ness... oh wait, that's me...

Anything that is pre 50's to the turn of the century.

I have a friend that is putting together the 1938 goudey set and having a blast

A pre-war set in lower grades. Should I go SGC or PSA?

You could Do a type card set. That way you get a smattering of everything and don't have to chase common cards for a lot of money. But if you want to do sets there are a lot of them you can do. What is your approximate budget, that will help narrow it down?

You might look at a strip card set. I collect the 1923 W572 cards and there are 121 in the set. I am up to 93 cards. They are black and white cards from the 20's and are about the size of tobacco cards. Definitely less expensive than t206 or other t cards. I happen to also have 22 different cards available to get you going if you are interested. Also need to mention that cards originally came in strips of 10 cards from candy stores and they would cut the cards from the strip. Sometimes the kids would leave borders, sometimes they wouldn't. The Seth's pictures parallell the pictures in the E 120 set from 1922. Email me if ou want more info

Neither! Raw, all day, every day!

I like my 1934 goudey set at 96 cards.

Actually....
 

....anything before 2000 is turn of the century.:D

If you are looking to collect a whole set, raw is definitely the way to go. My W572 set is raw in binders and I also have an 1921/1922 E121 set for display on ny wall in cabinets. These are graded for display. I have fun seeing the E121 cards daily and flipping thought the W572 when I feel like it. My E121 cards are SGC graded which is best in my opinion.

E95 is a nice set in that it is only 25 cards and can realistically be completed. Wagner and Cobb are expensive cards in the set, with Matty and Plank just a step behind those two. But a low-grade set can still be completed without breaking the bank. There is also sufficient bang for the buck in the set in that there are 9-10 HoFers in the set, as well as Black Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte.

If you want to put together a T-card set then I'd highly recommend the T201 because NONE of the cards are that difficult to find. The Cobb is reasonable. You could almost put together a set in a short period of time if you have the $$$ to do so. If you don't have the $$$ then this set is for you because you can stop collecting it at anytime and pick up again and the cards will be available.

This is exactly the set that I was going to suggest. If you are interested in the deadball era, this is the easiest set.