very very nice mate. problem is a lot of scanners don't like having any space between the glass and the pic youre scanning. my old crap scanner could do them but my newer one (though cheap) can't...
With the scanning, maybe try it without the top loader? Not much I can do though when the card is graded though lol. In the past ive taken pics with my digital camera, downloaded to picasa (free photo program) to chop & fix. Anyway this may be for a different thread!!!!