Christmas Presents for the Beginner

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Posted By: Scott Levy

When I first starting collecting just about anything (cards, stamps, coins, etc). I was given a great reference book with pictures, histories and prices and a whole bunch of very low grade and/or low cost examples -- but somehow there would magically be one pretty decent item in there.

I don't know what your budget is ... but I'd suspect that for around $150 you can get a great guide, a decent sized bunch of lowgrade prewar cards and maybe even a HOF player.

Granted I was a lot younger than your nephew when I got into those hobbies, but having a lot of things that I owned to look at and check out in the guide really fired up my interests in those hobbies and it was so cool to see all MY stuff listed.