Department 56 Snow Village, Christmas Miniature Villages, and Halloween Village Displays
Department 56 Catalog on CD-ROM—Receive Free Catalog Updates AND Keep Important Records for Insurance
If you are a collector who has started several collections of village building series, or has even a modest collection going, you should have a system for keeping track of your inventory.
Village Collector Software has a Department 56 catalog available on CD-ROM that helps you manage your village collections and includes free updates to the Dept 56 catalog several times a year. You’ll always have the latest, most up to date list of villages and accessories.
The company has been marketing the software since 1992 to excellent reviews. With free updates, the software is very attractive to collectors with medium to large collections. If you have a large collection with a numerous retired or hard-to-find buildings, you are looking at a sizeable investment. Keeping track of your collection and the value of each piece is important for insurance purposes.
For example, in the spreadsheet view, you can see all Department 56 pieces by collection at a glance:
Catalog Software Requirements
Village Collector software runs on Windows95/98,WindowsMe, WindowsXP, and requires 8MB RAM, and 45MB Hard Drive Space without images, or 165MB Hard Drive Space if all images are installed to your hard drive.
Features, Features, Features...
- Software comes preloaded with databases for each of the Department56™ Villages, including pictures, as well as Snowbabies™, Merry Makers™, All Through The House™, and Winter Silhouette™
- You receive free updates of all collections as they become available
- You can create databases of other collections you may have, such as plates or steins.
- Software easily maintains a lists of your collectibles for insurance, buying or selling, or for inventory.
- CD-ROM includes photos of all database items, plus you can add your own BMPs, JPGs, or almost any other picture format.
- Software can generate reports, including: Items Wanted Reports, Insurance reports, Financial reports, Duplicates reports, and more. You may even create your own custom report!
Buying the Village Collector Department 56 Catalog
You can learn more about the Village Collector software on their web site:
Village Collector software—Always up to date Department 56 catalog
D56 Display Ideas
Plans for small, medium and large Christmas villages
Tips for displaying Dept 56 villages
