Collection Software

[puckpaul]

Hi all, does anyone have recommendations for software to use to store all records on your collection including cards and memorabilia? Looking to do something besides a spreadsheet with cost/date/grade/value. Thinking about posterity, with so much to keep track of, one place to link to invoices, photos, LOAs, photomatches, auction listings, etc…i am using Numbers on Apple currently, but linking things is impossible or cumbersome.

Thanks,
Paul

I also posted this in memorabilia.

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[Zach Wheat]

PSA offers a reliable inventory application for Android. I assume they also have something equivalent for Apple users. Although I have used PSA for most of my graded cards, I also have SGC, BVG graded cards.

The application allows you to scan by PSA cert, which makes data entry easy, and also allows you to track non-PSA graded cards (with manual entry), ungraded cards, add a picture for graded and ungraded cards, notes on acquisition price, etc. App even "values" your cards by PSA value, est. value or your own valuation. I also have a more comprehensive Excel spreadsheet to keep track on items like sheets, unopened boxes, etc.

I was pleasantly surprised at the usefulness of the application, and I generally prefer ungraded cards. I quite often pull up the application when I travel just to view pics of my cards.

[Knightlax5]

Embedding invoices and LOA's is a tough task. If you have a gmail account I would create a google sheet, and download the google sheet app on your phone. Its free. You could also then save scans of and pictures of items into a gmail account.

If you want current values for your card collection, I would go VCP assuming you have a lot of vintage. The owner of VCP is on these threads normally. Market movers and Card Ladder are geared towards modern collectors and dramatically overvalue collections.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Knightlax5

Embedding invoices and LOA's is a tough task. If you have a gmail account I would create a google sheet, and download the google sheet app on your phone. Its free. You could also then save scans of and pictures of items into a gmail account.

If you want current values for your card collection, I would go VCP assuming you have a lot of vintage. The owner of VCP is on these threads normally. Market movers and Card Ladder are geared towards modern collectors and dramatically overvalue collections.

Nice recommendations.
I'm old fashioned and use a flat spreadsheet.

[x2drich2000]

I ended up creating my own access database several years ago. You really need to know how it all works together, but for me it is pretty easy to add cards based on invoices, link photos to my flickr account, track sales, generate reports of profit, and create ebay listings I want simply by modifying a specific query. It's not the most user friendly, but the functions I get out of it are much better than a straight spreadsheet.

[nolemmings]

I use a database program from primasoft and have for probably twenty years. It has multiple uses; e.g., I created two separate databases for work-related matters, one for post-war stuff, minor league cards, etc. It comes with a sportscard template but frankly I haven’t looked at that; instead I created my own fields and layout. The program is fully customizable and allows importing, so spreadsheets can be incorporated without great difficulty. Similarly it allows exporting so that you can create spreadsheets; i.e. “reports”, and also linking to websites or internal files is available. Here is an example screen from one of my databases (if the color combo is not to your liking the program gives you pretty much a full palette to change it, and the right panel does not have to be the same as the left). FYI, my computer skills are marginal, so know that little to no tech background is needed.

[puckpaul]

Thanks, that looks very comprehensive, terrific. Will check it out.