if you started collecting pre war in your 20's (not 1920's)

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

I am also 24 years old. I started collecting pre-1950 and never really got into any of the new "stuff". I first started collecting when I was about 9 or so and pre-1950r was the focus mainly because my father directed me that way; saying it would be a better investment in the long run. I soon developed a love for early cigarette packs that held baseball cards and have been hooked on them every since. By age 11, I put together a 1948 bowman set which was really my first dable with cards. I then expanded to early and rare autographs. I started collecting more cards after being told about this site by Leon. I am really a set collector as opposed to a type collector so i dedicate my collection to a set at a time until complete.