Looking to value my collection-

Milwaukee_NintendoMilwaukee_Nintendo
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Looking for a way to get an estimate as to what my collection is worth. I tried VGPC, but you have to be a paid member in order to use their bulk search (more than 10 games). Is there a place or program that I can just copy and paste my list and get a total? I don't really want to search eBay or use VGPC to search for 500+ games.



Thanks!

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  • alekxalekx
    No such place exists.
  • NintendoAge ModeratorNintendoAge Moderator
    I'm not sure what you're expecting.



    The paid functionality of VGPC seems to be your best bet if you trust its valuations and ability to do the job. The alternative is to pay somebody to do it for you. If such a free alternative was available, I'd be really weary of the number(s) it spits out.



    EDIT: also, there's the issue of input validation. You'd need the confidence that for every single game, the tool actually matches to the correct one. I don't know about your lists, but I'm sure mine contain inaccuracies, or otherwise wouldn't be in the exact format (e.g. "The Adventures of Dr. Franken" versus "Adventures of Dr. Franken, The") needed by such a miracle tool.
  • Bort License PlateBort License Plate
    You're going to have to do it manually for the best results. Set aside some time and do 10, 20, 50 games at a time, whatever you feel like doing. Have a spreadsheet open and work through it. You can automatically total it on most spreadsheet software. I'd hope you at least have your games catalogued. Also, why? With how much price fluctuates your number won't be accurate for very long
  • AlexElectricAlexElectric
    You have to do it manually and you can only use VGPC as a guide. Is your collection loose carts of SNES games? That's a bit easier they sell often on eBay so you can at least get accurate information there (depending on the game). Keep in mind VGPC loose cart completed auctions numbers do not tell you if the buyer actually paid. Also shill bidding driving up a sale price and auction psychology can inflate eBay prices. Speculators as well. For me unless it's a game that sells 3-4 per month on eBay I don't personally feel VGPC has enough data to give me the whole picture and I be mindful of that when I go hunting.
  • chromableedstudioschromableedstudios
    Hogie1418 on here has created an alternative http://gamevaluenow.com/ which he mentioned in this thread: http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=158096



    as far as copy and paste to get a value, that's not really super easy unless you have a unique identifier like an isbn in your data
  • Milwaukee_NintendoMilwaukee_Nintendo
    Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    You're going to have to do it manually for the best results. Set aside some time and do 10, 20, 50 games at a time, whatever you feel like doing. Have a spreadsheet open and work through it. You can automatically total it on most spreadsheet software. I'd hope you at least have your games catalogued. Also, why? With how much price fluctuates your number won't be accurate for very long



    I told my homeowners insurance company about the collection, and they asked me for an estimate as to what it might be worth. That, and I am really just curious as to what it is worth.
    Originally posted by: AlexElectric



    You have to do it manually and you can only use VGPC as a guide. Is your collection loose carts of SNES games? That's a bit easier they sell often on eBay so you can at least get accurate information there (depending on the game). Keep in mind VGPC loose cart completed auctions numbers do not tell you if the buyer actually paid. Also shill bidding driving up a sale price and auction psychology can inflate eBay prices. Speculators as well.

    Thanks for the information. What I'm most interested in what my loose NES collection is worth, because I only have a handful of SNES and N64 games. I figure I could just look up my boxed games manually, but the loose is going to take some time.

     
  • Hogie1418Hogie1418
    Originally posted by: Milwaukee_Nintendo



    Looking for a way to get an estimate as to what my collection is worth. I tried VGPC, but you have to be a paid member in order to use their bulk search (more than 10 games). Is there a place or program that I can just copy and paste my list and get a total? I don't really want to search eBay or use VGPC to search for 500+ games.



    Thanks!





    Do you have a spreadsheet with a list of all of your games or is it just a word document?
  • PhearedPhoolPhearedPhool
    Originally posted by: Milwaukee_Nintendo

    Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    You're going to have to do it manually for the best results. Set aside some time and do 10, 20, 50 games at a time, whatever you feel like doing. Have a spreadsheet open and work through it. You can automatically total it on most spreadsheet software. I'd hope you at least have your games catalogued. Also, why? With how much price fluctuates your number won't be accurate for very long



    I told my homeowners insurance company about the collection, and they asked me for an estimate as to what it might be worth. That, and I am really just curious as to what it is worth.
    Originally posted by: AlexElectric



    You have to do it manually and you can only use VGPC as a guide. Is your collection loose carts of SNES games? That's a bit easier they sell often on eBay so you can at least get accurate information there (depending on the game). Keep in mind VGPC loose cart completed auctions numbers do not tell you if the buyer actually paid. Also shill bidding driving up a sale price and auction psychology can inflate eBay prices. Speculators as well.

    Thanks for the information. What I'm most interested in what my loose NES collection is worth, because I only have a handful of SNES and N64 games. I figure I could just look up my boxed games manually, but the loose is going to take some time.

     



    I would be weary about doing collection under home insurance. Most won't cover even if you calculate the value. When I submitted my list to my collectors insurance I did it the hard way with individual research. It's nice knowing its exact though
  • AirVillainAirVillain
    Excel?



    You've got a list of games, but not the VGPC value....? If so, copy and paste your list into Excel, then input the VGPC values.



    =SUM(B1:B500)



    Done. In this example, you'd have 500 games.

     
    Originally posted by: BertBerryCrunch



    You're going to have to do it manually for the best results. Set aside some time and do 10, 20, 50 games at a time, whatever you feel like doing. Have a spreadsheet open and work through it. You can automatically total it on most spreadsheet software. I'd hope you at least have your games catalogued. Also, why? With how much price fluctuates your number won't be accurate for very long

    This exactly. My bad.
  • darkchylde28darkchylde28
    There are some apps out that will do it for you, but you'll still need to curate your list manually in nearly all cases. The one that I picked up as an NES-specific alternate to my desktop collection tracking program (which has a mobile app too) is called "NES Collector" and is apparently curated by PureGaming.org. Their valuation is not exactly in line with what I've managed to determine over the years via VGPC, but it's within the same ballpark and might make a simpler option for you. As a lot of folks have said, though, you're going to have to do a lot of the legwork on your own--there's no simple solution outside of paying somebody to do it for you.
  • Milwaukee_NintendoMilwaukee_Nintendo
    I want to give a HUGE thank you to user arnpoly! I sent him my GoogleDoc, and an hour later he sent me back a sheet with prices on each game individually. He wrote a program that takes NES lists and prices them using a copy of VGPC data. Overall it seems pretty darn accurate.



    Here is what the end result looked like:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YSJ33fuGczqef8WZOnq0sG6p6Z2-kcedGuymetRjADc/edit#gid=96538692



    He also runs a sweet website, you should check it out: http://takeontheneslibrary.com/
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