Templates for Collectors.

A curated set of 6 collection trackers for Excel and Google Sheets — records, trading and sports cards, sneakers, LEGO sets, photocards and board games. Each one records what that hobby actually argues about, not just what you own.

A list of titles cannot be priced

Two copies of the same record, card or pair of shoes can differ in value by a wide margin, and the difference is almost never the title. It is the condition — and in most hobbies, condition has its own scale with its own shorthand. A collection list that leaves it out can tell you what you own, but not what it is worth, whether the copy in front of you is a good price, or which pieces are worth insuring.

Just want a list to start with? The free collection trackers are one-tab starters for most of these hobbies — free, ungated, and pre-loaded with an example so you can see them working first.

Track the collection

6 templates

Records graded media and sleeve separately; cards with a grading break-even and true cost basis; sneakers with cost per wear; LEGO sets with cost per piece; photocards with a trade board; board games with cost per play.

A notes app or a blank spreadsheet holds a list, and then stops — the grade, the cost basis and the arithmetic are yours to build. A collection app does the arithmetic for as long as you keep paying for it, and your catalog lives on its servers. These sit in the middle: workbooks you buy once and keep, with the arithmetic already built in and every figure starting as a number you typed.

Where we fit

Most tools force a choice between a blank spreadsheet you build from scratch and a monthly app that's overkill. Ardent Workshop is the rung in between — structure you own.

  1. Blank spreadsheet

    Free, but you build and maintain every formula, tab and layout yourself.

    • Free
    • Infinite setup
    • No structure
  2. You are here

    Ardent Workshop

    Owned, structured, connected workbooks — a one-time price, yours to keep.

    • One-time price
    • Structured & connected
    • Yours to own

  3. Generic SaaS app

    Powerful, but overkill, rented and locked-in — built for someone bigger than you.

    • Monthly rent
    • Overkill
    • Lock-in

Condition decides value

The grading scales, defined

Reading list

How to grade a record yourself, what each number on a card grade means, how to catalog a collection properly, and how to thin one without regret.