Do you scan your collection

[parlourguy]

I have been working on scanning most of my silver books and wondered if anyone else spends (wastes) alot of time scanning (or keeping some sort of a visual record) of their comics?

Here are mine

http://s744.photobucket.com/albums/xx81/parlourguy/

 

[Scrooge]

I scan most ... but not all. When I get in a batch of 20 to 30 books, I don't have the energy to scan them all.

[namisgr]

None of the above.

 

I scan the comics I am in the process of selling, or ones that I think are cool to post on the forums.

[sufunk]

No! But only because i cant find a damn legal sized scanner anywhere!

 

Once i can finally find one, i plan on scanning all of my slabs and most of my raw books. For now, i just try to keep the scan from whatever sale or auction i buy my books from.

[Comicopolis]

None of the above.

 

I scan the comics I am in the process of selling, or ones that I think are cool to post on the forums.

 

What he said.

[Tempus Fugit]

I recently started scanning all of the better books as soon as I get them. It is probably too late to go back and scan everything I have.

 

Now I can use my iPod touch if I am at a show to figure out what kind of shape my current copy is in, and whether I need an upgrade.

 

Also, if I choose to sell an undercopy, I already have the scan.

 

My scans from purchases in the last month since I started scanning.

 

[John R]

At some point I'd like to but because of the enormity of the project and the time it would take, I keep putting it off. However I hope to get to it one day

[Ares]

I scan/Photograph my CGC books

[nwpassage]

I started once, and then stopped when I realized I would never make it through them all in my lifetime. Talk about time consuming.

[Boozad]

I have been working on scanning most of my silver books and wondered if anyone else spends (wastes) alot of time scanning (or keeping some sort of a visual record) of their comics?

 

I do scan in every book I own, I think it's become an obsessive compulsion. I like to be able to see what condition any book is in without going and trawling through shortboxes. It also helps if I ever want to sell books I have the scans at hand right away.

 

I've documented more about this recently here. The Excel file is attached with all scans linked.

[sniderwj]

I've been scanning my books since 2006-ish. Been doing front and backs for everything I bought. I catalog them with Comic Collectorz. I few years ago I was trying to be space conscious and not scan the book very big so I have a bunch of scans that are in the 150 dpi range (that was what Collectorz would accept in their online database). After a few years I said screw it and have been doing decent sized book and making sure that I leave space around the edges. don't think I'll go back through and fix the old ones I'll just work with what I got.

[unmovedmover]

When I buy books, especially on the boards, I'll steal the seller's scan and put that in my software. I generally only scan stuff if i'm selling it.

 

I've been thinking about scanning my signature books recently though. I just have too many to do more than that.

[dupont2005]

Nope. I don't even write down everything I have

I don't even know how many comics I have

[musicmeta]

working on it! I used to scan only what I plan on selling, but now I'm going to go ahead and scan everything..I should be done in about 75 years at the rate I'm going. It takes a lot of time to scan books..IMO! Seriously, I hope to get it done in about a year or so.

[toysmania]

I scan only books I like to post and share. Mainly sketches, given my current collecting focus. Like many, I hope to scan all my precious and treasured few books someday.

[BrianR]

My brother rjrjr should respond to this post. He scans, grades, inventories everything. I believe he is up to box 96. His database even tells him what is in each box and position inside the box.

[toysmania]

Your brother as in the same guy who sold quite a couple of SA/GA goodies on GA/SA forum recently??

[BrianR]

No, he is a hoarder. He never sells his books. He will buy the same book literally 100 times over and still buy another copy.

[thehumantorch]

I always steal the images of books I buy from on-line venues.

 

I like to scan half a dozen books when I'm surfing the web or cruising the

boards.

[Mr 9.8]

No! But only because i cant find a damn legal sized scanner anywhere!

+1

This should have been one of the poll questions.