Best (financially achievable) Pre-War set to collect?

[chris]

I would go with:

1) T200 Team Cards.. Could be completed in a month or two

2) M116.. Would probably take at least a year to compete and would get expensive due to the amount of cards

3) T201.. The easiest and cheapest of all Tobacco sets

4) E95.. Small set with tons of HOFs

5) T206 Southern League Set

6) T202.. Odd size but awesome set and center action poses

[nebboy]

I really like the design of the Diamond Stars set it looks great when you have alot of them together for display, easy to find - prices not bad at all.

[Kalineman]

I agree about Diamond Stars. I think they're a nice looking card and fairly reasonable to purchase.

[Matt]

I think the knock on the Diamond Stars is no Ruth or Gehrig. Otherwise, they certainly an affordable and interesting pre-war issue.

[Irwin Fletcher]

I agree with iggyman - the 1935 Goudey 4-in-1 may be a good choice. If you ignore the different puzzle backs, it's only 36 cards. I just recently got into pre-war collecting and I'm about 50 percent of the way through the '35G set. There's no Gehrig, but it does have Ruth, Foxx, Dean, Frisch, Ott, Greenberg and lots of other great HOFers. In low grade condition, the cards are very reasonable.