General Forum

As we progress in modern age of trading cards. Has it been discussed about adding/scanning encased cards?

I personally am not a fan of slabbed/encased cards but understand why others are...which leads me to myl question about encased/sealed (from mfgr) cards....do you Crack them? Or break the seal? Or do you leave them as is?

Got my first one coming and thought I'd open it and add it to pc, but wondering what others do or at least get a second opinion

The current rule says card only, no cases or slabs. I am advocating for an update to this as far as cards that are released encased by the original manufacturer. Leaf does this a lot now, cards in a thick case with a Leaf sticker "seal" on top. Since we are technically supposed to show the cards as they were released, I'd argue that these types of releases should include the case.
Post-release grading slabs or other non-manufacturer encased cards I would agree that those shouldn't be included in the DB (just the actual card).

A one-touch with a sticker is not "encased". Hermetically sealed (grading slab) is "encased".  

I leave factory slabbed cards as they are seal and all. I have a few box toppers case toppers etc that were sealed by the manufacturer and even though they are not "hermetically sealed" they are still factory sealed as far as I am concerned.

Last I heard from Admin (within the past month) was anything sealed at the card manufacturer's factory (not by a hobby dealer or collector) is allowed to be scanned, but I'd confirm with him first.

From the FAQ page on scanning:

“Graded and slabbed cards should not be scanned in their holders unless the card was released that way by the card manufacturer.”

If the card comes in a sealed slab (i.e. Topps Dynasty, Topps Archives Signature Series), to me, the case is part of the card. I won't break the seal to scan the card itself nor would I even entertain buying a card that's not sealed. That's just me.

Please remember that no one is being asked to change their collecting habits to provide images for the site.

If someone has a card on top of a cello pack from ages ago where the site needs an image, that person is not being asked to bust their pack to provide the image for the site, nor are they being asked to scan it through the packaging.

The same holds true to the newer items that are packaged certain ways. The card can't be seen properly in a scan through the way you are storing your card? Please don't provide an image for the site.

Personally, I get it. I have several of the Topps Archives Signature Series cards in the one touches with the sticker sealing it shut. I am not planning on opening them, and my scanner is not a high end model that does depth. I have not attempted to submit those ridiculously out-of-focus scans. I would love for the site to have images for these cards, but I'm not the one with the ability to add them, therefore, I won't.

In my opinion, the priority of the site's images is secondary when it comes to all of our own personal collecting preferences.

Yes, scanning through a manufacturer's slab is allowed but the image needs to be cropped to the card only. Scanning cards inside anything else, one-touches, toploaders, penny sleeves, etc, is not allowed.

cdsforme wrote:

From the FAQ page on scanning:

“Graded and slabbed cards should not be scanned in their holders unless the card was released that way by the card manufacturer.”