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I'm looking for a good program database to catalog my cards on my own pc...that way I can print it out when I go to card shows/shops to see what I need or already have! Any suggestions? I am only looking for football as that is the only set I collect. Thanx!!

Can't you use this site for that?

I just joined this site today because I was looking exactly for that for my older (pre 1960) cards.  This is a grat site for this purpose.

I've been keeping my collection on Excel for over a decade...unfortunatly by then card shows were pretty much a thing of the past in my area.

I just discovered this site recently and am going to slowly import my images here...but I'll still keep them on Excel.

 If I may add my two cents worth, if at all.

I've been collecting cards on and off only for the fun of it for a number of years; nothing in the way of making money, hardly.  In the early part of my collecting there was a PC program called The Card Collector (http://www.thecardcollector.com).  As the PC OS technology evolved to Windows 7, the CC fell out of my use of it (different computers).  I started using other types of db software, but didn't replace the ease of CC.  I've now found that CC has intigrated to W7, but you have to buy the previous version first (no electronic download) and then opt for the download upgrade for W7 (wait for the CD to arrive through the mail, then download the update; very combersome).  One can Google card collecting software as I have, but I believe one would find the same as I did in that I think PlayerPCCollector is right that this site is very good at a quick glance of your collection.  Yet, I think that Billy Kingsley is also right for having a spreadsheet for your db.  The spreadsheet doesn't do well for card image association, but for the raw data a good fit.

Personally, I have spreadout my collection in the spreadsheet starting with year and then publisher (i.e., 1991 Topps) for each sheetpage and insert (i.e., 1991 Pro Set WAFL [World American Football League]).  Then, on each page list the player's name (first, last), team, position, card info, card number, card quantity, condition, value, and image indication in each cell.

It has evolved to where each page gives me the total collection quantity, publisher/insert quantity, and percentage of each publisher quantity to the collection quantity.  On one page I've listed each publisher for a quick look of the structure of the db.  One page for the listing of all the names (first, last,), team names, and player postions in the db for a lookup structure when adding cards to the db (not having to type each name, team name, and position for each card I collect).

Just for fun I will probably will move to buying the latest version of CC, but I am still having fun with using the spreadsheet as the db.

Good luck.

you can print what you have right from this site. Several different options, print what you have scanned and checked off in here, print a want list, print an individual players checklist, etc... i use often.. I have over 500 Eli Manning cards, so its hard to sometimes remember what you have when buying, combination of the checklist and accessing the site from my phone is a huge plus! i use to Excel, but it got to be too much esp with the variations and such over the years.  hope this helps!