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Keeping track of collections

noanswersonlyquestionsnoanswersonlyquestions Posts: 152
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Just wondering how everyone here keeps track of their collections. Since I've started pursuing my football collection from 68-79, I've built a database for those years in Access so I can keep track of how much I have paid and who I have bought from, etc etc. Curious as to how everyone else keeps track of theirs.
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  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    I track mine using Vintage Card Prices. There may be better sites, but I like how it tracks the prices of my cards based on recent sales.
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  • mreutermreuter Posts: 543
    I also use Access, I can customize it exactly the way I want
  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    I have 3 shoeboxes and 5 binders under my bed. I even seperated them alphabetically.image
  • MrGMrG Posts: 623 ✭✭✭
    I have a small amount of my collection in an Excel workbook. Mostly my graded seperated by years. Excel gives me the ability to import the Pop report and any registry collection I choose. I also use Vintage Card Prices to track the current value of all my graded cards prior to 1990.

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    Michael
    Michael Gaytan (MrG)
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  • TNTonPMSTNTonPMS Posts: 2,279 ✭✭


    << <i>I have 3 shoeboxes and 5 binders under my bed. I even seperated them alphabetically.image >>



    WOW !
    And I thought my wife was the only one who did that .
    The first time I saw her card collection I was stunned to see it like that .

    The first thing that came to mind was . . . . " Damn that must have taken a hell of a lot of time "

    For me , I don't keep track of anything , the common cards are in binders , the most rare cards are in hard plastic cases the semi rare are in the Ultra 9 card holders hanging on the wall and I have about 15 shoe boxes in the closet that one day I might go through. Baseballs/Footballs/Jerseys are in display cases .
    Nothing is archived or written down though .
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,233 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I use the registry to keep track of my collection, and a notebook with how much Ive paid for an item. A weird thing I do is I also log in where I bought the card from IE: Texas, California, it is cool to me for some reason.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    I use excel by importing checklists from Beckett ($5 for one month) and prices via SMR online.

    You can play with it for hours/days/months/years image and customize it to your liking.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
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