modern league leaders cards

[abothebear]

My nephew loves collecting cards, but he hasn't seem to develop any sense of the players, history, or market of them. Yet he is always asking me if this or that ebay auction is a good deal (it never is), or talking about how a card he scanned with an app says it is $600 (it never is).
I think I am going to suggest to him that he try to focus on a couple of projects. My latest idea is that he might try to collect all the 1968 league leader cards so that he'll develop a sense of who the star players of that time were. Simultaneously, he could put together a modern league leaders set so he can get an idea of the current stars. And after completing those, he can add others from different time periods. The mini leaders from the 80s would be fun but would take all of two minutes to "collect".

What would be an inexpensive but not too easy league leaders set to collect? I don't know much about modern stuff. Does 2024 Topps Chrome have league leaders? What is the deal with the chrome sapphire cards? what is a reasonable price for a league leaders chrome sapphire card? I can't make sense of the ebay listings.

Thanks!
George
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[Mike D.]

What a cool project! I love vintage league leader cards.

I'm (slowly) working on a run of league leader cards, in PSA slabs, from their first appearance 1961 through the end of the "vintage" run in 1984.

Many of the 1960's cards are getting a bit pricy, but the 1970's ones are still (mostly) reasonable. Same for the 1980's.

In terms of modern, I don't believe 2024 Topps and Topps Chrome don't have leader cards. 2024 Topps Heritage has both League Leader cards AND historical MVP cards, so that may be a good option.

Learning the history of the game and the great players is a great way to get your bearings with the sport and cards.

[JustinD]

2024 Topps has league leaders but they are essentially worthless commons to the modern collectors. It’s not worth hunting them individually unless you have shows to go to and make it harder. The shipping on one would be near the same as buying the entire group.

Buy them as a group for each modern year and then sit down to review stats together as a bond.

Example

https://www.ebay.com/itm/28595154026...RoCDR0QAvD_BwE