The samla.ai team
Collectors and builders working on samla.ai.
Posts by The samla.ai team
The coin jar nobody has sorted
How to catalog a mixed coin jar: photograph both sides, read year and mint mark, and get a list that separates holiday change from the pieces worth a second look.
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The samla.ai team2 min read
Moving out: catalog what you take with you
How to catalog what leaves the family house for a first apartment: scan what you pack, leave a list of what stays, and keep the record for the next move.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
Photograph your holiday decorations once
How to catalog holiday decorations in September so December starts with a list: photograph each box, give it a place, skip the attic dig.
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The samla.ai team2 min read
Brick sets: sealed, built, or missing a bag
How to catalog brick sets so completeness is visible: sealed box, built model, spare bags counted, instructions kept with the set.
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The samla.ai team2 min read
Board games and sealed boxes: when completeness changes the price
How to catalog board games so completeness is visible: sealed or opened, punchboard intact, spare cards counted, missing bits named.
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The jewelry drawer nobody has valued
How to catalog a jewelry drawer: photograph each piece, keep hallmarks and clasps in the shot, and get a list with estimates you can take to a jeweler or an insurer.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
First editions hiding on ordinary shelves
How to find first editions already sitting on a normal bookshelf: photograph the shelf, then read the copyright page on anything that looks early.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
Look it up before you buy it
At a flea market, a Discogs cart or a Tradera listing, one photo answers what this is and what people actually pay. Look up mode checks that without adding anything to your shelf.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
Downsizing without losing track of what matters
How to downsize a full house calmly: scan every room first, give the family a real list to choose from, then let each object's verdict - keep, gift, sell, donate - settle itself.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
From shelf to sold: listing an item in two taps
Why selling stalls between intention and listing, and how a cataloged item skips the hard part: photos taken, details filled in, an estimate to anchor the price, listing text drafted.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
I inherited a stamp collection - now what?
What to do with inherited stamp albums: catalog them first, share the record with the family, then keep, sell or donate album by album - with estimates and specialists to guide you.
- Collecting
The samla.ai team3 min read
Are my old trading cards worth anything?
The honest answer: most cards are worth little, a few are worth a lot, and set, print run and condition decide which is which. Here is how to find out what is really in your binder.
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The samla.ai team4 min read
Know what is in every box before you tape it shut
How to keep track of what is in every moving box: scan items on the way in, give each box a photo and a place, and find anything months later with one search.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
Sorting a parent's home, room by room
How to sort a parent's home: start with the easy rooms, scan as you go so every object gets a photo, an estimate and a place, and give the family one shared record to decide from.
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The samla.ai team4 min read
What an insurance claim actually asks for
The four questions a home insurance claim asks per item - description, origin, condition, value - and how a room-by-room photo catalog answers them before anyone asks.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
Your sneaker rotation is a collection - treat it like one
How to catalog a sneaker rotation: which details to record per pair, why condition photos carry the story, and how a cataloged pair is already listed-ready when you sell.
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The samla.ai team3 min read
A wine cellar you can search from the couch
Racks you cannot see into, bottles bought in batches, drinking windows kept in your head - a photographed cellar answers 'do we still have that Barolo?' without a trip downstairs.
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Bring your record collection online (without typing all weekend)
The fastest way to catalog a record collection: scan sleeves with your phone, let the AI fill in the details, and search your shelf by artist, label or year from anywhere.
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The samla.ai team4 min read
There is money in your attic
Which attic finds are worth real money, how to value boxes of old cameras, records and toys with your phone, and what to do once every item has an estimate.
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- Collecting
The samla.ai team4 min read
Put the whole shelf in your pocket
Photograph an item and samla.ai identifies it, fills in the details that decide its value, and files it where it lives.
