Looking for suggestions for my first pre-war card

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by vintagecpa

My first vintage card was Ty Cobb. He would be my first recommendation.

Mike, that's a beautiful card, and I haven't seen it before. That's the kind of recommendation I'm looking for. Links are helpful, scans of the card to look at here are even better.

I love the Cobb T206 cards, with the bat off shoulder being my favorite of the three (?). If I recall correctly, there's that one, then two others: a red back, and a green back.

Originally Posted by Leon

We have a pretty good section on that now...

http://www.net54baseball.com/forum/c...terations.html

I've read that a few times, and found it quite helpful.

Since I will be buying pre-war, vintage as well as continuing my modern collection here and there, I'd like that knowledge to include modern cards, too. I've been fortunate that the Chrome cards cannot really be faked because of how the cards are made. So, when I get one of those with a certified auto, I know it's legit.

I feel well-prepared to get into the older cards because of what I've learned here, though I'm sure I'll still need a little hand-holding from time to time.

Originally Posted by ullmandds

the t205 addie joss tribute card is a classic...any cap aanson card is special...pretty much!

Pete, I did want to ask you...could you provide a link to the Joss you're referring to? I'm assuming there are multiple Addie Joss cards in the T205 set, and when I did a search specifying "tribute", it didn't clarify it for me. Usually when I search on something like Matty dark cap, or Cobb off shoulder, I can find it. Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology with the Joss.