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Posted By: Jason Smith

Thanks for the info! I didn't know about Andale, and it pretty much covers what I was thinking. Man, David, that is a lot of work! I admire you for having that kind of discipline. And, yes I do think you could make a little money on it, if you think it would outweigh the advantage you may have "all to yourself" in knowing whether to bid high or to just wait for another card to come along.
For me, it's basically, "Hey, I haven't seen that card in awhile." and I am more apt to bid on it. Then I check the pop report and sure enough if it's lower pop then I'm even more likely. But I have a tendency to be a streaky collector. If I'm busy at work or doing other things, I'll go awhile without even checking ebay for cards, much less bid, so it would be great to be able to check back on what I may have missed.
As we discussed before, it seems like the PSA commons are going up (due to people like me building a registry set, I'm sure), and having access to that info would help prove or disprove the feeling.
Is it a searchable database? If so, I think you could market it if you wanted to. Maybe info from 2+ years ago isn't exactly what you'd need to derive a price for today, but it definitely would help me in this situation:
WIFE: "Are those things really making money?"
ME: "Well, a PSA 6 Gravvy Cavath sold 2 years ago for XXX and now it's worth XXX."
WIFE: "Oh, in that case honey, forget about our 401K! Just buy more cards!"
HA HA!
Jason