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Posted By: davidcycleback

Simple rules for beginners wanting to collect cards is a to buy either a Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards (Krause Publications) or Beckett Almanac and buy cards listed there. Also buy only graded cards in PSA, SGC, GAI or Beckett holders-- they grade genuine cards.

From a common sense standpoint, a genuine 1908 baseball card with the Christy Mathewson on it can't be found for $25. At minimum, another 0 would be added to the price.

But, $25 is a relatively inexpensive mistake, and if the collector learns from it will save him more than $25 when purchasing cards in the future. Making mistakes and learning from them is part of learning in all fields. Do you know how Edison discovered material that worked as a light bulb filament? It involved first discovering a lot of material that didn't work as a light bulb filament.