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Michael Posts: 155
1/11/2025
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To the creators and admin of this website/database,
Any chance you can create a similar database for card collectors? Its hard to find solid prices on non-sports cards, this format would be perfect. I am terrible with computers and know nothing of programming but dont you already have the base format or template to create a card site? There is already plenty of cross-over with comic and card collectors so I imagine many of you would be familiar with sales and pricing of cards. Whacha think??
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collectibleshop Posts: 2786
1/12/2025
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Hi,
there's all kinds of non-sports card price guides already. both printed and online. most charge a fee, some don't. a few examples:
most famous along with Beckett: https://www.nonsportupdate.com/how-to-subscribe . that page shows you the subscription rates for the printed mag, comes out 6 times a year.
https://pages.ebay.com/priceguide/ . you may know this one already.
https://nonsportrealm.com/ free.
https://www.beckett.com/price-guides/non-sports . very expensive in my opinion.
there's more, some are just for graded cards, so search "non sports trading card price guide" on your fave search engine and see what all there is to choose from. CPG would have to hire a bunch more people, get more webspace/servers etc, may not be worth it to them. Been asked for before too, along with a toy price guide, ain't happened yet.
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Michael Posts: 155
1/13/2025
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Too bad, I like this format. Thats saying alot too as a guy that dislikes internetting in general.
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jarhead_84 Posts: 562
1/13/2025
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Another nice guide in this format would be one for coins, stamps. I have Numista for coins, but its not very user friendly when trying to suggest value changes like on here, and I haven't found one for stamps yet.
Anybody else into coins, stamps?
Ben
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collectibleshop Posts: 2786
1/13/2025
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jarhead_84 wrote:
Another nice guide in this format would be one for coins, stamps. I have Numista for coins, but its not very user friendly when trying to suggest value changes like on here, and I haven't found one for stamps yet.
Anybody else into coins, stamps?
Ben
Hey Ben,
I assume you've done google searches for coin and stamp price guides? seems to be plenty to choose from, both printed style and online guides, groups, forums, ebay has it's own like for trading cards etc. Of course some charge a fee, or are just for pricing info and offer no collection cataloging like CPG does. I once had a few old gold coins I inherited and found multiple pricing sites, can't remember the 1 I decided to use, maybe Heritage related or NGC. None 'like' CPG really. Have you asked on the NGC forum (although if like CGC they may not allow mention of competitors, but maybe only if grading, and price guide only sites are ok)? https://boards.ngccoin.com/
For Michael, if you have enough 'worthy' cards/sets, the subscription to Non-Sports update isn't bad, and then you have the whole mag in your hands instead of doing searches and typing on a site to look things up. You can learn to use nonsportsrealm and get help on their forums if needed. I see they now claim to be "the #1 trading card database for your collection". don't cost nuthin' either.
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Michael Posts: 155
1/14/2025
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My card collection is small. A few years ago I started collecting items autographed by Loise Jameson, Leela of "Dr Who." I then noticed her Dr Who trading cards and bought of few of those, along with an occasional other character if the price was good or rare card. I even found a very unique card; an official Topps autograph card of Martha Jones, played by Freema Agyeman, that she crossed off her autograph. Topps sent it out like that and now I have it. I spoke to a group who collect non-sport autograph cards and no one else knew of a similar card. Being unique and an error card I have had problems pricing it. I have had problems with other sites, they are either not user friendly or dont have my cards. I didnt know about the ebay app, I need to try it. CPG is easy to use and would be perfect for cards.
I dont know the man-power, time, or money it would take but the format is here. If any admin read this; just start with a couple cards I assume this data base was far from complete at its start. Possibly just do non-sport. I would bet this would become the #1 place for card pricing if made similar. You have the "tools" to do this. If this comic site makes profit a card site would be money in the bank.
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glorkar Posts: 665
1/14/2025
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jarhead_84 wrote:
Another nice guide in this format would be one for coins, stamps. I have Numista for coins, but its not very user friendly when trying to suggest value changes like on here, and I haven't found one for stamps yet.
Anybody else into coins, stamps?
Ben
I collect coins. I use numista to keep track of my collection and eBay and NGC to value it. It's a bit of a bummer that I have to use multiple sites, but it's not the end of the world. Might be different if I had a whole slew of coins that were valuable, but most of mine are not.
As for cards, that's a tough one. I had a decent collection in my teens, but got rid of most of it over the years. The problem is that most non-sports, non-tcg cards were mass produced. For Magic, Pokemon, etc, there's TCG player, but that's a specific type of card, you know? Being comic geeks here, I'm sure most of us had at least a few of the Marvel Masterpiece type cards, maybe some Batman and Dick Tracy thrown in there. You can buy the full sets online for relatively cheap now.
With something like that Doctor Who card, since it's unique, it's worth whatever someone else is willing to pay for it. The money is in the autograph imo, so maybe there's a site out there that handles those?
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collectibleshop Posts: 2786
1/15/2025
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Michael wrote:
My card collection is small. A few years ago I started collecting items autographed by Loise Jameson, Leela of "Dr Who." I then noticed her Dr Who trading cards and bought of few of those, along with an occasional other character if the price was good or rare card. I even found a very unique card; an official Topps autograph card of Martha Jones, played by Freema Agyeman, that she crossed off her autograph. Topps sent it out like that and now I have it. I spoke to a group who collect non-sport autograph cards and no one else knew of a similar card. Being unique and an error card I have had problems pricing it. I have had problems with other sites, they are either not user friendly or dont have my cards. I didnt know about the ebay app, I need to try it. CPG is easy to use and would be perfect for cards.
I dont know the man-power, time, or money it would take but the format is here. If any admin read this; just start with a couple cards I assume this data base was far from complete at its start. Possibly just do non-sport. I would bet this would become the #1 place for card pricing if made similar. You have the "tools" to do this. If this comic site makes profit a card site would be money in the bank.
whilst I hate promoting e**y, if you click on this search result you'll find 18 worldwide listings for her signed Topps Doctor Who cards, and several of yours, but not with the sig crossed out, so still hard to know how much that might go for. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=DOCTOR+WHO+Topps+%28Autograph%2Cautographed%2Cautographs%2Csigned%2Csignature%29++FREEMA+AGYEMAN&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_odkw=DOCTOR+WHO+Topps+%28Autograph%2Cautographed%2Csigned%2Csignature%29++FREEMA+AGYEMAN&_osacat=0
sold auctions only had 1 of hers from a UK seller with a big list of actors, hers was $122 US,. but not same as your card.
a google search with "signed OR autographed Freema Agyeman doctor who card topps" will turn up more. have fun..
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