Trading Card Database

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by swarmee

It's pretty good. But there are a ton of other sites. baseballcardpedia is good for the modern sets.

I have heard that sometimes submitters of checklists and variations to TCDB have created fakes and then listed them as real in TCDB. Not sure if it was for S&G, or some convoluted way to defraud people. But that seems to be more the exception than the rule, since it's crowdsourced.

I think it is a great website and have used it many many times for their checklists.

I have also seen some photoshopped cards on there listed as variations. My guess is for S&G. It did cause me to look for a nonexistent 55 Bowman variation for some time.

[G1911]

Generally good resources, that grows better with every day due to the crowdsourcing. It seems to be the likely winner of the crowdsource-card-checklisting idea websites.

It is generally better with modern cards than old.

I haven't caught photoshopped cards, but there are many checklist problems in more obscure or non-big sport sets from well-meaning editors who copy in information from the incorrect checklists that have been floating about online for years. For example, T220 is a disaster.

[isiahfan]

It is the one place I have been able to find examples of rare modern Topps SP, SSP & pose variation cards

[Mike D.]

I think it's a great resource, although I use it for post-WAR and modern instead of pre-war. I'm also a contributor, having uploaded over 700 scans myself.

I use to to answer questions like:

"What was that guy's first card?"

"What cards did that guy have that year?"

"What IS this card I'm holding?"

[OLDBILL]

Has anyone purchased a card from here with confidence? Especially worrying about potentially expensive Cabinet cards posted there.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by OLDBILL

Has anyone purchased a card from here with confidence? Especially worrying about potentially expensive Cabinet cards posted there.

It’s a BST board like any other, caveat emptor.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by OLDBILL

Has anyone purchased a card from here with confidence? Especially worrying about potentially expensive Cabinet cards posted there.

I've never made a large purchase from there, but all the small purchases were great. Have traded a ton, too. That site is full of very friendly people, and there's finally a place for us to rid ourselves of junk era material to collectors who actually collect it! I highly recommend it. Just deal with people who are capable of prompt and courteous communication, keep your monetary transaction values small, and it's a great place.

If anyone decides to join in the fun and wants to add a ton of cards to their trade list on there, I would advise against using Google Chrome, as there are often issues with the site freezing or just general slowness. Firefox seems to work the best for me when adding tons of cards at one time. Edge isn't terrible, either, but stick with Firefox.

[OLDBILL]

Thanks everyone for all your kind advice.