Scanning Graded Cards With Inner Sleeve

[chadeast]

I too have an Epson V series. spent many hours trying to get the scans of my graded T3's to match those of my ungraded. I had a few that had "wrinkled baggie" problems, but all had the issue of colors not being true and the entire scan appearing dull, and somewhat bluish. Photoshop improved it a little, but not enough for me. I could never figure out how to get it right. Scanning ungraded cards by contrast is absolute simplicity, no modifications needed.

The Walsh below had serious wrinkling going on inside. In the end, there was only one solution that worked for me, crack them out. I was also motivated not just by scanning but by wanting to see the cards as they truly are, with my own eyes. Although it presented quite well in the holder, the Lajoie came out too. Almost certainly not a good decision financially, but I'm much happier with the cards now. Also, the SGC slabs are ridiculously cumbersome.

If interested, here is a link to my T3 scans. About 15 of them are still in their slabs.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWsbV9B


three BST purchases

Lajoie before and after, Walsh after, same scanner settings for all (I have to see if I can find the Walsh before, but it was horrible with the baggie wrinkles)