I just think this is kind of cool . . .
detroitfan2
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Check out this Al Kaline auction:
All of Al
I just love the setup of this listing. The run of Kaline pictures is very nice.
All of Al
I just love the setup of this listing. The run of Kaline pictures is very nice.
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bobsbbcards SGC Registry Sets
Peter G.
The work he put into the listing definitely paid off, as well as, the allure of getting an entire player set in one shot. The seller ended up getting 88% of SMR for the lot before shipping and insurance.
Year SMR
1954 535
1955 175
1956 260
1957 100
1958 100
1959 45 -- This was an 8oc so I used the SMR for a 6
1960 60
1961 45
1962 45
1963 100
1964 75
1965 35
1966 90
1967 50
1968 60
1969 45
1970 90
1971 22
1972 50
1973 155
1974 23
<TD width=80 height=135 alt="1954"><A HREF="http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/c/jcosyn/Tigers/Kaline/Cards/Pick.htm?1954"><IMG SRC="http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/c/jcosyn/Tigers/Kaline/Cards/1954t.jpg"></A></TD>
When you have the auction open click View and then options and you can see this code. It is standard HTML with a little Web Development on his home page at www.bellsouthypwp.net/j/c/jcosyn. Looks like he took the front and back and merged it into one scan, then cropped it to show just the front of it on the auction itself. You can see that by the width and height below. The hard part is the Pick.htm in the first line. You can see the date 1954 after pick.htm that and on his web site he has 1954-1974. So what ever card you click on you will get that card instead of any other year. Man, this guy has done a nice job.
I know it sounds confusing but I have played around with this for a bit and I am close to getting it to work.
If those #'s I will try to post a few cards this way and see if it works. If you want my results drop me reply here or email me ebayfortroy@hotmail.com.
I'd like to see it!
Jim
As far as the auction layout, I had actually developed all of the HTML and javascript stuff a couple years ago as a way to display my cards on the Internet. I'm a software engineer, and even though at that time my web development was even weaker than it is now, I managed the ability to display images in a table, which is all the main auction listing was. The same table is at my Kaline card page. The images there are just resized from the main scan images down to 80 pixels wide. The detail view page is actually a little lazy because I used IFrames, which I think are only supported by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but I decided I could live with only an 85%+ market share for the people I expected to view my page.
Anyway, the key to the detail view page is the dropdown box that allows you to select any year and view the front and back of that card. I handled this by setting the Value property of each dropdown item to the name of the .jpg file I used for that card. I used a separate image for the front and back of the cards, because I want to be able to display just the front sometimes, rather than joining both sides into a single image file. I named the fronts Ryan68.jpg, Ryan69.jpg, etc. For the backs, I used Ryan68b.jpg, Ryan69b.jpg, etc.
Then, the javascript code to handle the onchange event for the dropdown box (which executes every time you pick a different year in the dropdown) just updates the source of the image file for each of the front and back images.
It's not rocket science, but it's fun and useful.
I promise not to be such a techy geek every time I post.
I laid out my Ryan collection into a format I liked, and had my brother build me a frame to hold them. He was just getting into wordworking then, and is now building furniture and stuff for himself, but I think he did a pretty nice job of implementing my vision.
really cool stuff with the scans!
Groucho Marx
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Jim
While I'm sure I've made some good investments now and then, I do think baseball cards should be for the enjoyment of fans.
Actually, it made it easier for me to sell my set because I had this "virtual set" on the Internet. I knew I could always look at "my" cards, even if I can't hold them and claim them anymore.
i think i'm just going to hire YOU when i'm ready to sell my cards!