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Originally Posted by rhettyeakley
Problem with online catalogs is that people misrepresent and misreport things all the time through error or (worse) on purpose.
There are multiple cards listed on sites like tradingcarddb and places like that that simply do not exist and are just the result of people trolling.
There needs to be an actual independent entity doing it or it is worthless.
Just my opinion so take it for what it is worth.
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Beckett is much the same, they've had many of the same errors in their data for 30 years. TCDB will correct errors if they are reported. It isn't an online vs cardcopy thing, it is just the nature of the beast. I can't imagine a more "independent" entity than crowd sourcing. I do wish there was more in the way of research references included on the various sites, so you know where the data came from, but that seems to be left up to the various blogs that find and document the sets.
And unfortunately, for modern realeases, Panini produces horribly inaccurate checklists, getting the card numbering and serial numbering wrong on almost every set.