How I Stay Closer to My Cards

[Leon]

Very cool.

For the last 10 ish years I have had my own website. It costs around 13 bucks a month but I wouldn't change it. I have past and current collections and a few items for sale.....I can always see most of my collection anytime...

Originally Posted by CardMD

There have been a bunch of great threads on how people display their cards and how to protect them. I started to put them on the walls in cases or in frames with cool pictures but I worried about the UV and safety. So I came up with a different idea I wanted to share. It allows me to view my cards every day. In this digital age, there are great sites like collectorfocus.com to be able to bring your collection with you on your phone or computer. What I did is a little more interactive. I made powerpoint slides. That way you can move the cards around, make them different sizes, group them in different ways. It is almost like flipping through them when you run through your slides. It is a lot of fun to come up with new combinations.

Here are a few examples of slides that I have made. Anyone else use powerpoint or something similar? I look at them every time my computer is open (which is most of the day!). Some I added stats / teams / ect. It is a work in progress which is the most fun part of it.

[dabigyankeeman]

Originally Posted by Leon

Very cool.

For the last 10 ish years I have had my own website. It costs around 13 bucks a month but I wouldn't change it. I have past and current collections and a few items for sale.....I can always see most of my collection anytime...

Leon, may I ask how to do this? I have zero knowledge of this right now, would love to have a website with my collection on it. Thanks.

[Cozumeleno]

I was really grateful to stumble upon this post and like someone else said, I can't believe I didn't think of doing this before as someone who has worked pretty extensively in PowerPoint.

I scanned in my T205, T206, and partial T207 sets and put this together recently. Here are a few examples of slides from my document. These are a little lacking in creativity and with more time, I want to be able to do something a little nicer. But for now, each slide has a photo of a particular player highlighted in the adjacent cards and that was one very cool aspect for me - digging up photos online of these guys. Some were just great - for example, the photo of Lajoie, which looks like it was used for his T206 bat card.

I still have work to do to get this to where I want it, but I'm very thankful for the OP for the idea. I have the entire PDF at work and even on my phone, and it helps break up slow days. I still have to scan in all of other T and E cards, but this was a great way to start.

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

I was really grateful to stumble upon this post and like someone else said, I can't believe I didn't think of doing this before as someone who has worked pretty extensively in PowerPoint.

I still have work to do to get this to where I want it, but I'm very thankful for the OP for the idea. I have the entire PDF at work and even on my phone, and it helps break up slow days. I still have to scan in all of other T and E cards, but this was a great way to start.

Awesome pages and great cards! Love seeing stuff presented in this way.

[CardMD]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

Awesome pages and great cards! Love seeing stuff presented in this way.

Those are fantastic and give me a few ideas. I really like the solid border below your johnson and cobb pages. Can't wait to see what else you come up with!

I think if anyone is selling anything on the bst pages they should make a nice presentation. Maybe more like a page from an auction catalogue. Wonder if it would help with sale!

Aaron


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[Cozumeleno]

Thanks, guys - appreciate your kind words. I do hope to spruce them up a little so will share any ideas I come up with.

[Leon]

very nice

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

I was really grateful to stumble upon this post and like someone else said, I can't believe I didn't think of doing this before as someone who has worked pretty extensively in PowerPoint.

I scanned in my T205, T206, and partial T207 sets and put this together recently. Here are a few examples of slides from my document. These are a little lacking in creativity and with more time, I want to be able to do something a little nicer. But for now, each slide has a photo of a particular player highlighted in the adjacent cards and that was one very cool aspect for me - digging up photos online of these guys. Some were just great - for example, the photo of Lajoie, which looks like it was used for his T206 bat card.

I still have work to do to get this to where I want it, but I'm very thankful for the OP for the idea. I have the entire PDF at work and even on my phone, and it helps break up slow days. I still have to scan in all of other T and E cards, but this was a great way to start.