My first tiny little card!!!! Any advice?

[bnorth]

Go with the buy 1(or a few) of several kinds and then decide what cards you actually like if going for a set. The extras you bought when trying to decide what set you really like can then be used as trade bait.

[Jobu]

I suggest just buying the cards that catch your eye without going for a set, especially right off the bat when you are new to the era.

Edited to add: Nice card!

[T206Collector]

M116 is a great set if you can tolerate the lack of action poses. Get a few more and see if you feel like digging deeper or going in another direction. E95 and E96 are relatively affordable, as are T205s.

[ethicsprof]

if you really want a tiny little card, buy a Baguer.

all the best with collecting,
barry

[Luke]

Nice Lord! I'm partial to e95s myself. I have the OCD that turns some of us into set collectors. If I didn't collect sets, I would pick up a few cards from different sets of the era. Some personal favorites are:

-e90-1 Wallace and Lajoie
-e93 Waddell and Young
-e94 Speaker
-e95 Bender, Cobb, Cicotte, Plank, Merkle, Willis
-e96 Baker
-e98 Walsh and Mack


I'd definitely pick up a t204 HOFer, and some t206s and t205s, t207s.

My best advice is just to do some research so you pay a fair price and just get a few different cards and see what you like. Here's my almost complete e95 set so you can see a few of the cards I mentioned.

[RaidonCollects]

My personal recommendations:

- E90-1, although a tough set with a variety of short-prints and high-$ cards, it has some nice pictures/poses.

-E92, Small set, with lots of attractive, interesting card backs.

-E95, if you have the budget, this set is relatively easy to complete.

However, there are so many great pre-war sets, you have so much to chose from!

~Owen