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New to Pre-War...Please give me an education!
Hello.
I have got about all the cards I can get from the 50's on. I guess I have never collected pre-war because of the fear of the prices and the confusion. There seems like there are so many sets and issues etc. Any advice on where to start? What sets are considered the best? Which ones are decently affordable? Which players/sets are super expensive? Any links or sites to help me would be appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!
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Welcome, Chris!
It sounds like a logical starting point for you might be to work your way backwards beginning with the late 1940's issues such as 1949 Bowman, 1949 Leaf (quite a bit more expensive) & 1948 Bowman. From there you could go with regional/national sets such as 1947 Tip Top Bread & 1947 Bond Bread and gradually work your way back from there. Last edited by bcbgcbrcb; 07-27-2011 at 06:44 PM. |
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If you're looking to strictly put together sets, then Phil's advice is about as good as you'll get.
If you're not sure what you wanna do yet, I'd suggest maybe going with a specialty like HOFers or certain teams. Maybe pick up a few decently priced lots here and there. At some point you may just fall in love with a specific set and wanna focus on that one. Or maybe, you'll just get to the point where you've got a decent percentage of a certain set, and decide you're close enough to try and finish it.. Last edited by novakjr; 07-27-2011 at 06:59 PM. |
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Thanks for the responses. I am not sure I am ready for sets. I guess what I would like to do is maybe start picking up a few or so from each decade. What would be some of the best sets to get a few cards from if you were going to focus on one per decade? Thanks again!
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For the record....is "pre-war" anything prior to 1945? Is their a specific cutoff date or is it up for debate?
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The '41 Double Plays are a very attainable set with some great names. Last edited by novakjr; 07-27-2011 at 07:30 PM. |
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From the 1930's, I would consider some of the following to be pretty popular, affordable and available cards:
1933 Goudey 1934 Goudey 1934-36 Diamond Stars 1933 Delong 1933 Tattoo Orbit From the 1920's, there are Zeenuts, Exhibits and lots of strip cards From 1914-1915, there are Cracker Jack cards Before that, you have lots of T cards to choose from. I would recommend clicking on the "Old Cardboard" link near the top of the page and clicking through some of these sets on that website. That will give you an idea of what the cards look like and what the commons sell for.
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