I love cards like one you posted. As a graduate student and a father, give me a visually appealing poor or authentic card all day long. As for the second part of your post, collecting Pre-War and differentiating collecting from investing is extremely difficult. "Popular" sets and cards vary almost randomly. An issue on fire this year may only command 60-70% percent of what is selling for now in two years. Rare back t206's are outlandish, undoubtably because of this board, but if prices on some backs dipped eventually by a third or more I would not be surprised. Certain cards will likely be sure to rise steadily: Ruth's and Jackson's primarily.
The best advise I ever received is "Buy what you like. When you go to sell it, you will get whatever someone is willing to pay for an image of a dead ball player."
Good luck and welcome to Pre-War.
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