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Originally Posted by 1990C4S

What do I need to buy do a good, or very good, job?

Or pay someone?

I have hundreds, if not thousands, of photos that I want done...

Get one of these:

https://epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/Photo-Scanners/FastFoto-FF-680W-Wireless-High-speed-Photo-and-Document-Scanning-System/p/B11B237201

then sell it after you are done.