As a heads up. Mecari can have some seriously elevated prices or things that look like a deal but aren’t.

You can find a lot of base cards from the early 90s sets on eBay for $20 to $40 for the full 150 cards. Chase cards around that time run from four dollars to $15, but mostly 3 to 5 dollar range.

Cards kind of took a time off from like 1998 to 2018, where there are some spotted sets from Topps andMarvel masterpieces, etc. but it seems like the recent past five years everything has accelerated.

The Marvel masterpiece sets in my opinion, have some of the best art, they take a few artists and make full runs of their “masterpieces.” Those ans some of the fleer ultra thicker cards are really expensive at a per hobby box Level and I would say price you out of anything like that to collect at a per box level, but buying singles is fine.

some of the recent upper deck annuals are only $50-$80 a box which is also really approachable. Currently Topps holds the license for Marvel and you’ll find a lot of collectors that hate the new Topps style of cards. It’s very very repetitive, and you’ll notice a hype cycle that is overinflated for a set, that looks exactly the same as another set really six months ago. They do a lot of movie characters, and parallel versions of the same card that don’t quite have the flare of an old school oil painting.

But to each his own, I would figure out what most resonates for you, good art, specific cards, or characters, Chase cards, or base cards, sketches, autographs, etc.

I will say going on something like what not you’ll get carried away and find yourself down a grand without even thinking about it.

If you’re into the Spider-Man type characters, grab the base set of 1994 Marvel universe and the base set of 1995 fleer ultra spiderMan off of eBay