Below is a list with links to valuable resources/tools in the collectible industry to help collectors, dealers, companies and investors stay informed and help them with research. If you have any suggestion for links that should appear within the list below, please e-mail us at info@auctionreport.com with such information.
PSA Research Links and Price Guides:
Auction Prices Realized by PSA – Find auction results for cards, tickets, packs, coins and pins graded by PSA – (Search millions of auction results from multiple auction houses within a matter of seconds. Compare auction results by grade to SMR Price Guide listings and population figures, all in one view. Never miss a change in the market with daily updates to auction price data.
SMR Price Guide – The official price guide for PSA-certified collectibles: Search for prices by set or a specific player, Filter the results to find the prices
that matter to you. Prices are updated regularly by our experts. 410,904 Current SMR Prices.
PSA Population Report – Records for all cards, tickets, packs, coins and pins graded by PSA: Search the report by a specific set or by a specific player. Get an exact count of each item graded, from PSA 1-10, plus category summaries. Data is updated each day as more and more items are submitted to PSA. Select a category below to browse by collectible type and year.
PSA CollectibleFacts™ – Your Free Collectibles & Memorabilia Encyclopedia: Get ALL THE FACTS about Collectibles. It has never been easier to find information on your favorite PSA & PSA/DNA authenticated collectibles. Discover expert narratives, collecting articles, pricing, populations and checklists for trading cards, autographs, tickets and professional model bats. Comprehensive biographies and articles. IMAGE GALLERIES of Beautiful high-resolution images, PRICING CHART of Graphical SMR Price Guide charts, POP REPORTS of Complete listing of every item graded since the inception of our business and Checklist of popular card sets.
PSA & PSA/DNA Certification Verification – Verify the validity of PSA & PSA/DNA certification numbers using the form field. If found in our database, the collectible’s details will display. Always confirm certification numbers for collectibles purchased online after receipt.
PSA Set Registry and PSA/DNA Set Registry
Auction Platforms:
CreateAuction.com – Create Auction was the first dedicated collectibles auction platform and after more than $1B in successful sales settled through our platform still sets the industry standard.
Create Auction helps clients start an auction to expand their business. For those who are currently conducting auctions, Create Auction has developed special approaches to accomplish the transfer from another service provider with honed procedures that are efficient and seamlessly provide our new client with the upgrades they will soon be experiencing.
Create Auction’s software continues to be state-of-the-art. In 2020 we initiated a whole new platform that provided a quantum leap in technology and a major benefit to our clients. This is supported by an unmatched service component and our web site provides client comments that attest to this. Importantly, we are obsessed with the security of our client’s sites. We understand the great responsibility that we shoulder to protect our client’s assets.
We welcome confidential inquiries that allow a prospective client to understand how Create Auction’s differentiated capabilities can be tailored to meet specific needs. Visit www.CreateAuction.com to learn more.
Price Guides:
Graded Baseball Card Values Price Guide By Vintage Card Prices – Get up-to-the-minute values for cards made from 1867 to 1989 that are graded by PSA, SGC, GAI and BVG/BGS. Access over 10,439,107 auction records by eBay and the hobby’s major auction houses with thousands of auctions being posted daily. We currently have 13,498 different card sets totaling 376,214 cards with images and growing by the day. Each card has it’s own profile page with in-depth auction information broken down by Grader/Grade into an easy-to-read grid.
Society For American Baseball Research – The Society for American Baseball Research had its beginnings in Cooperstown, New York. It was the brainchild of L. Robert Davids, who on August 10, 1971, gathered 15 other baseball researchers at the National Baseball Hall of Fame to form the organization. From this modest start, SABR membership has broadened steadily. A decade later, it had reached 1,500; today, it totals more than 6,000 worldwide. Who belongs to SABR? Many major and minor league baseball officials, broadcasters and writers, as well as numerous former players. Primarily, the membership consists of “just plain fans” — anyone interested in baseball can join. While the original purpose of SABR was to band together baseball historians, statisticians and researchers, it is not necessary to engage in research to become a member.
Important Books/Blogs For Your Enjoyment:
- Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession by Dave Jamieson (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2010). This is a must-have historical account of both the history of card collecting and its role in American popular culture, from the days of the first trading cards to the big auctions of modern times, and presenting a great deal of exhaustively researched hobby history found nowhere else, including profiles of pioneers such as Jefferson Burdick, Sy Berger, and Woody Gelman.
- The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-1890) is the ultimate volume devoted to Old Judge baseball cards. The collecting world owes a debt of gratitude to collectors Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski, and Richard Masson for the extraordinary contribution they have made to the collecting world by creating this important volume. This 457-page full color coffee table book is the most thoroughly researched and ambitious baseball card research project we have ever seen. It is an absolute must-have for anyone interested in the history of baseball cards, Old Judge baseball cards in particular, or nineteenth-century baseball. This book deserves an honored place in every baseball library.
- Judging the Authenticity of Photographs (5th edition) by David Rudd Cycleback: An extremely valuable resource for learning about photography of all kinds, of particular interest to collectors due to the growing interest in vintage photography collecting, provided courtesy of the author, 200 pages in pdf form.
- Baseball Pinback Blog by Dr. Paul Muchinsky, author of “Baseball Pinback Buttons: A Photographically Illustrated Compendium and Price Guide” published by Great Oaks Press, a highly recommended essential hobby reference guide and the definitive book on the subject of baseball pinbacks.
- The Modern Hobby Guide To Topps Chewing Gum: 1938 To 1956 by Dave Hornish is an extraordinary hobby reference.
- T206Resource.com: The most popular vintage baseball card set of all time is well known for providing an almost limitless intrigue and fascination to collectors. Rare backs, Wagner, Plank, Magie, Doyle, proof cards, Ty Cobb Tobacco, checklisting the set by advertising reverses, the mystery of how the set was printed, exactly when cards were released, printing errors….and that’s just the beginning.
