[mintacular]

Based on your past post-war posts it seems like you are condition-sensitive which makes collecting pre-war on a budget more of a challenge. Make sure you find a grade that has enough eye appeal for your liking and stick with that grade. Then figure out which cards you want in that grade and voila there you go. Back collecting if fun but very expensive, figure out whether you personally value the different backs or would that $ be better spent on nicer grade/star players, etc. HOFERs are always a safe bet. Type collecting from my understanding is a category of collecting such as "HOFERS" "HINDU BACKS" "CATCHERS" "PITTSBURGH PIRATES" I.E. a subcategory of collecting a certain set