More sports card dealers are getting exposed for their involvement in altering and trimming cards. As far back as 2006, Charles “Charlie” Barokas of Mercer Island, Washington has been accused of card trimming. News of the scam broke on the Blowout Forum. Sports Card Radio reached out to Barokas for comment through eBay. Barokas denies…
Card collectors everywhere are SHOOK that their “investments” may be taking a nose dive. News of golden boy Mike Trout allegedly using HGH has sent card collectors to social media and forums to clock in and defend the MLB star. > Mike Trout Cards For Sale Blowout Forum has a thread that drips with fanboys…
Small Traditions LLC owner David Thorn is being accused of some big time card trimming. Blowout Forum member, 3124508 on COMC, lays out significant evidence that shows many before and after items that have been trimmed or altered by Thorn. > Original Forum Thread 3124508 on COMC is the same forum member who has helped…
The ‘Jersey Shore’ of sports card breakers has lost his mind. Platinum Card Breaks got called out for putting this 1/1 Prizm Lauri Markkanen inside a one touch so the edges get mashed. Triggered by online haters, Platinum Card breaks allegedly purchased the card for $600. Only to then rip it up on Instagram Live…
Ryan talks with Big Shep, @BigShep79, the host of the About The Cards podcast. A wide range of topics are discussed. What is it like hosting a weekly live podcast? Should shows talk about controversial topics? Shep has a massive George Brett card collection, how does he keep it organized and how much does he…
On today’s show we discuss the changes we’ll make to the show in 2020. You’ll find more in-depth episodes at www.sportscardradio.com/premium Going forward, this podcast will be (mainly) shorter and less in-depth. Today I discuss Luka Doncic and Zion being hurt. A former NFL player being accused of card trimming. Brian Gray goes off again! And with…
Former NFL player Evan Mathis has been accused of trimming sports cards. News of the scandal broke on the Blowout Forum website. Mathis is accused of selling trimmed cards through eBay consignors including: >COMC eBay Account>Probstein123 eBay Account>PWCC (Kicked off eBay) Most card trimmers use PWCC, Probstein and COMC to sell their questionable inventory. One…
On today’s podcast, a company blow-hard threatens to sue Sports Card Radio AGAIN! Hint: He’s threatened to sue me before! NFL Rookies blow ass … sort of. Lots of QB’s going down for the count Eli, Big Ben, Cam, Luck, Darnold, brees, Trubisky are all hurt or basically retired. Did DA Card World scam me out of…
On today’s show we discuss some strategies I’ve used to sell on COMC and Amazon. Finally we conclude the show talking more about the card trimming and PSA’s latest conference call with investors. Here are some topics I discuss about buying/selling on COMC. Always make offers Auto accept 20% off Be the lowest price to…
Sports Card Radio recently obtained an anonymous letter from a believed PSA insider. Any pictures or links were added only for context, and were not included in the original document. ********************* Live from Santa Ana. Every grader that works for a TPG (third party grader) signs a Non Disclosure Agreement. Every TPG operates like a…
Today on the Sports Card Show Podcast, we discuss the latest in the card trimming scandal – including the Washington Post confirming the FBI is investigating. PWCC has finally lawyered up and it’s gotten REAL quiet around the hobby. Brian Gray, Brent, even Gary Moser were talking – now it’s crickets. Finest, Pro Debut, S2,…
Buyer beware as another veteran sports card dealer has been exposed for selling trimmed cards. A post on the Blowout Forum accuses RBI Sports Inc owner Rod Iman of buying & selling cards that have been trimmed. Evidence of card altering was provided by the same forum user, 3124508 on COMC, who has been at…
Another card trimmer has been exposed on the Blowout Forum, this time it’s Metro Sports owner Brandon Taing. Forum user 3124508 on COMC provided evidence of several cards believed to be trimmed and showed PSA submission data that can link the cards back to Taing. The same technique has been used to expose card trimmers…
Guys….. you can’t just make your own Zion Williamson cards, sell them on eBay, and think you can get away with it. That is what Burlingame, CA card shop owner Steven Teani of Kollectorsvault has been doing and now Panini America popped them with a civil trademark infringement lawsuit. Kollectorsvault has made fake cards of Williamson,…
Update: Burge implicated in the Probstein shill bidding scam. – LINK HERE When it comes to being a sports card scammer, Kevin Burge can do it all. The Mooresville, North Carolina dealer has been accused of forging autographs, faking patch cards, and trimming cards as far back as 2003. In addition to the card doctoring,…
The promotional offers from Leaf Trading Cards during The National Sports Collectors Convention may not be what they seem. At the 2018 show in Cleveland, Leaf employee Joe Clemons CLEANED UP when he got at least 43 of 120 serial numbered 1/1 cards that were advertised as a promotion to collectors. Update: A second Leaf…
VIEW ACTIVE CASES HERE FAKE THREATS Mark Sapira.k.a “Hands Shaking”Ex-Topps EmployeeCase Details SOLVED 2013 Topps employee Mark Sapir sent a message to Sports Card Radio that read: “If I ever see you say anything negative about this company (Topps), especially on Twitter, I’ll cut you off for good.” A few months later this guy came…
You know it’s bad when there is an entire Instagram account set up to expose your scams. The IG account appeared after a 100+ page Blowout Forum thread called out sports card loser Eric Bitz of BuyNiceCards.com In the thread, a “three-way” deal that went bad between Bitz and two other card fondlers was discussed. …
Trading card scams, scandals, and shadiness are as common in the hobby as base cards. While many are relatively minor in terms of monetary value, some reach proportions that even the scammers could never have predicted. Card trimming & shill bidding has been widely known within card communities. However the stakes have been raised due…
Brian Deer boasted that in the early 2000’s he was making six figures in cash selling baseball cards. “I didn’t appreciate the money because frankly it had been so easy to make,” Deer wrote in a 2014 social media post. Brian Deer To make some of that money, Deer has been scamming collectors by selling…
We are SICK of having to write about another pair of industry scumbags. But put away your plastic slabs for a second and get to know this duo. In early 2019, Bill Sliheet and Nate Nichols from Superior Sports Investments (SSI) were called out for having trimmed cards for sale. Bill Sliheet Initially, it wasn’t…
Former Beckett Grading Services (BGS) and current Leaf Trading Cards employee Joe Clemons appears to have a statistically impossible rate at getting BGS 10’s & ‘Black Labels.’ Graphic: Blowout Forum Blowout Forum user Kyaa lays out the shocking details in this thread. Here are just one of many SHOCKING BGS submissions. Have you ever got…
From the company that brought you Dak Prescott Auto-Penned autograph cards… Oh, and a laundry list of other mistakes over the last decade …. it should come to no one’s surprise. Panini America Luka Doncic Autographs are fake. Luka’s signature on his Panini America cards started changing over the course of the 2018-19 NBA Basketball…
You probably don’t know who Gary “Scissor Hands” Moser is. But as far back as 2002, the New York area dealer has been accused of altering, trimming, and cleaning vintage trading cards. His card doctoring is so vast that it’s hard to keep up with all his exploits over the years. Starting on page…
2025 UPDATE: Tormollan scams have continue for many years. He has been selling numerous fake autographs via his eBay account clearblueconsignment. In December 2025 he changed his eBay name to: dcsportsconsignment Steven Tormollan Original 2019 Article Another day, another kill shot by Blowout Forum user 3124508 on COMC. This time known sports card trimmer Steven Tormollan…
The same Blowout Forum user that brought you the Heroes of Sport scam, is back with another KNOCK OUT punch to hobby trimming heavyweight Robert Block. With details this EXPLOSIVE, it might RATTLE the locks off a vault or two near Texas or Oregon. Developing is a SEVEN figure card trimming scam by Robert Block. …
With trading cards selling for record prices, it could be said sports cards are booming. Here are 4 tips you can use to help you sell more & make more during a trading card boom. I even show you a TOP SELLING product I’ve made thousands selling. Wholesale Sports Distributors Where To Get Your Re-Sale…
Leaf Trading Cards owner Brian Gray has jumped into the podcast fray. Here are thoughts on his first episode and where you can listen. Redemption Cards This featured his weakest arguments and underscored the fact that redemption cards are largely a Ponzi scheme for card companies. My favorite part was when he “urged” card manufactures…
On today’s show we discuss a blog Garyvee posed to his website. We discuss the NBA Draft Lottery, that has Zion going to a team he won’t likely have the opportunity to “go off” like Luka Doncic & other rookies have done. Nearly 100 more “trimmed slabs” have been uncovered since the last show … stay…
2017-18 Panini Prizm – Devin Booker – Card #308Silver Prizm Parallel [tcb-script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js”][/tcb-script] [tcb-script type=”text/javascript”] google.charts.load(‘current’, {‘packages’:[‘corechart’]}); google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawVisualization); function drawVisualization() { // Some raw data (not necessarily accurate) var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([ [‘Month’, ‘PSA 10’, ‘BGS 9.5’, ‘Volume’], [‘Jan 2017’, 127, 92, 8],[‘Feb 2017’, 127, 111, 1],[‘Mar 2017’, 167, 153, 3],[‘Apr 2017’, 167, 184,…
2015-16 Panini Prizm – D’Angelo Russell – Card #322Silver Prizm Parallel [tcb-script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js”][/tcb-script] [tcb-script type=”text/javascript”] google.charts.load(‘current’, {‘packages’:[‘corechart’]}); google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawVisualization); function drawVisualization() { // Some raw data (not necessarily accurate) var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([ [‘Month’, ‘PSA 10’, ‘BGS 9.5’, ‘Volume’], [‘Jan 2017’, 0, 64, 2],[‘Feb 2017’, 0, 51, 1],[‘Mar 2017’, 102, 69, 2],[‘Apr 2017’, 102, 69,…
2015-16 Panini Prizm – Karl-Anthony Towns – Card #328Silver Prizm Parallel [tcb-script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js”][/tcb-script] [tcb-script type=”text/javascript”] google.charts.load(‘current’, {‘packages’:[‘corechart’]}); google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawVisualization); function drawVisualization() { // Some raw data (not necessarily accurate) var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([ [‘Month’, ‘PSA 10’, ‘BGS 9.5’, ‘Volume’], [‘Jan 2016’, 0, 42, 1], [‘Feb 2016’, 0, 37, 1], [‘Mar 2016’, 0, 99, 1], [‘Apr…
18/19 Panini Silver Prizm Luka Doncic RC #280High Price: $1250 – Jan 2019Low Price: $225 – Apr 2019High Volume: 105 – March 2019 [tcb-script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js”][/tcb-script] [tcb-script type=”text/javascript”] google.charts.load(‘current’, {‘packages’:[‘corechart’]}); google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawVisualization); function drawVisualization() { // Some raw data (not necessarily accurate) var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([ [‘Month’, ‘PSA 10’, ‘BGS 9.5’, ‘Volume’], [‘Dec 2018’,0, 478, 9], [‘Jan 2019’, 925, 656, 53],…
Colin & Ryan make a RARE DUAL in studio appearance. With private security flanking the door, the twins light into the recent trimmed, fake & altered graded cards by PSA or BGS. > Documented Trimmed Slabs 60% of you don’t have a $1,000 saved in your bank account but 100% of you might have trimmed…
Ripping Wax owner David Gelfman has had enough! ‘Gelf’ is SOOOO sick of Sports Card Radio quoting his Blowout Forum posts from 2012 where he admits to his shady dealings with repack ripoff artist Heroes of Sport and fellow scumbag breaker Boomo. He’s seeking $1,000,000 in damages. That might be enough to buy a couple…
Colin and Ryan have sat around for years watching grown men show off trimmed, fake and altered PSA or BGS slabs on social media channels. Grown men bragging about having a picture of another grown man. For some reason in the sports card industry these posts are seen as a status symbol. You guys look…
Many sports card scammers are able to have long careers ripping off collectors. Loud mouth group breaker “Boomo” is building quite a resume. One way to describe Boomo is disgusting. He’s baffled sports card observers for many years. How does he get people to buy into his breaks? Boomo Well, with eBay and help from…
Fitting that the very first card PSA ever graded was trimmed and they didn’t catch it. Here are just some of the fake, trimmed or altered cards that exist in real PSA or BGS holders. Except for the Vegas Dave card that PSA claims is a fake holder, all of these mistakes could have been…
It’s with great pleasure we drag this clown through the mud. Will Jaimet used to get on Cardboard Connection Radio (now defunct) and hate on @SportsCardRadio. His company, Heroes of Sport took out full page banner ads on Beckett.com and in their magazine. This idiot got other sports card minions to promote him. Sports cards…
2017 Panini ContendersAutograph Rookie TicketPatick Mahomes #303 [tcb-script type=”text/javascript” src=”https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js”][/tcb-script] [tcb-script type=”text/javascript”] google.charts.load(‘current’, {‘packages’:[‘corechart’]}); google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawVisualization); function drawVisualization() { // Some raw data (not necessarily accurate) var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([ [‘Month’, ‘PSA 10’, ‘BGS 9.5’, ‘Volume’], [‘Mar 2018’, 800, 587, 2], [‘Apr 2018’, 657, 587, 3], [‘May 2018’, 657, 587, 0], [‘June 2018’, 790, 587, 1],…