General Forum

I kind of went on a buying spree when I rediscovered an interest in my childhood hobby of card collecting and bought over a hundred thousand cards.  I ended up with everything from Garbage Pail Kids and Star Trek cards to Nascar and Soccer cards that people had sold me in their old forgotten collections. While some of it I don't care about at all and will probably just box up and resale, I would like to catalogue and scan the big 4 sports (baseball, football, basketball and hockey) in order to have a better idea of what I have. 

Is there a scanner or program out there that can take some of the tediousness out of the logging? I'm probably nuts for thinking that there is a magical program that can sort by brand and log by card number but it wouldn't be the first time I've been called crazy. I enjoy the sorting and looking at the cards but I REALLY hate the card by card clicking of a mouse to catalogue what I have. 

Thanks in advance for any help or input!

~ T-Bone

I'm sort of doing the same thing, just not nearly as many cards.  I'm really only scannnig the cards i'm selling, more that I can provide actual images of the cards reather than using stock photos.    I've looked into some business card scanners that over higher res scans, but it'll cost you.  I can't justify the cost for me at this time.  II have a newer multifunction laser at home with a flatbed scanner.  I'm scanning about 8 cards at a time, cutting and cropping with photo software and organizing in a file structure.. 

example: \Topps 1989 Football\Card# Name Front/Back.jpg. 

For my collection, I use Excel.  I've either had to create my own or in some cases been lucky enough to download a checklist in XLSX format.