Trading Cards

Non-sport & Vintage Cards: What to Record

Entertainment, cigarette, tea and other non-sport cards.

The Data Sheet for Non-sport & Vintage Cards

The 27 fields worth recording for non-sport & vintage cards, grouped as in the ordicio app. Fields marked with a broader category come from it; the others are specific to non-sport & vintage cards.

Identification

Player / character Text Trading cards: Player, character or subject on the card.
Set Text Trading cards: Set or product, e.g. 1952 Topps, Prizm Basketball 2018-19, Base Set (Pokémon), Alpha (Magic).
Year / season Text Trading cards: Year or season of the set, e.g. 1986, 2018-19.
Manufacturer Text Trading cards: Card company, e.g. Topps, Panini, Upper Deck, Bowman, Wizards of the Coast.
Card number Text Trading cards: Number on the card or in the set checklist, e.g. 57, 4/102, RC-12.
Parallel / variant Text Trading cards: Parallel, insert or variant, e.g. Silver Prizm, Refractor, Gold /10, Shadowless, alternate art.
Serial numbering Text Trading cards: Individual numbering printed on the card, e.g. 23/99, 1/1.
Reference link Link Trading cards: Web page about this object or its reference entry (catalogue, database, sale).
Issuer Text: Company that issued the cards as premium or product, e.g. a tobacco, tea or chocolate brand.
Subject Text: What the object depicts or is about.

Grading

Grade and holder of a graded card.

Grading service Choice, or your own Trading cards: Service that graded and encapsulated the card.
PSA
Beckett (BGS / BVG)
SGC
CGC Cards
TAG
Not graded (raw)
Grade Number, 1 to 10 Trading cards: Numeric grade on the service's 10-point scale, e.g. PSA 10 Gem Mint, PSA 9 Mint, BGS 9.5 Gem Mint, PSA 8 NM-MT.
Grade qualifier Choice Trading cards: PSA qualifier for a card that misses its grade in one respect, or 'Authentic' for ungradeable cards.
None
OC (off-centre)
ST (staining)
PD (print defect)
OF (out of focus)
MK (marks)
MC (miscut)
Authentic / altered
Subgrades Text Trading cards: Subgrades of BGS or TAG, e.g. centering 9.5, corners 9, edges 9.5, surface 10.
Certification number Text Trading cards: Number on the grading holder (slab) or authentication certificate, to look it up in the service's database.

Condition

Condition notes Text Trading cards: Faults, wear and damage in detail.

Acquisition

How and when the object came into the collection.

Acquisition date Date Trading cards: Date the object came into the collection.
Acquisition method Choice, or your own Trading cards: How the object came into the collection.
Purchase
Auction
Gift
Inheritance
Exchange / trade
Self-collected / found
Commission
Acquired from Text Trading cards: Seller, auction house (with sale and lot number), donor or place where it was found.
Purchase price Amount Trading cards: Price paid including fees and premiums.
Provenance Text Trading cards: Earlier owners and the object's history, oldest first, with sources (labels, invoices, sale catalogues).

Value

Estimated and insured value.

Estimated value Amount Trading cards: Current market value as estimated.
Valuation date Date Trading cards: Date of the current value estimate.
Valuation basis Choice Trading cards: What the estimated value is based on.
Own estimate
Recent sales / auction results
Dealer offer
Catalogue value
Professional appraisal
Insurance valuation
Insured value Amount Trading cards: Sum the object is insured for.

Collection record

Your own inventory data.

Inventory number Text Trading cards: Your own number or label for the object, e.g. C-0042, as written on its label or album page.
Storage location Text Trading cards: Where the object is kept, e.g. room, cabinet, drawer, album and page, box.