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],…
2016 Bowman ChromeVladimir Guerrero JrAutograph [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 2016’, 127, 120, 1], [‘Jan 2017’, 127, 120, 0], [‘Feb 2017’, 127, 148, 6],[‘Mar 2017’, 184, 137, 11], [‘Apr 2017’, 184,…
2017-18 Panini Prizm – Kyle Kuzma – Card #283Silver 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’], [‘Feb 2018’, 287, 209, 38], [‘Mar 2018’, 186, 128, 24], [‘Apr 2018’, 127, 118, 22], [‘May…
2017-18 Panini Prizm – Donovan Mitchell – Card #117Silver 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’], [‘Feb 2018’, 702, 325, 28], [‘Mar 2018’, 488, 291, 27], [‘Apr 2018’, 501, 318, 47], [‘May…
There are several good places to look up and price your basketball trading cards. Typically collectors use eBay completed listings for mid-higher end items, or any cards that have value above $5 or so. COMC is a good website to go look at images and see offer prices on millions of cards. PSA has an…
2017-18 Panini Prizm – De’Aaron Fox – Card #24Silver 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’], [‘Feb 2018’, 193, 97, 11], [‘Mar 2018’, 102, 88, 16], [‘Apr 2018’, 78, 66, 19], [‘May…
2017-18 Panini Prizm – Jayson Tatum – Card #16Silver 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’], [‘Feb 2018’, 518, 356, 43], [‘Mar 2018’, 294, 250, 60], [‘Apr 2018’, 229, 198, 64], [‘May…
2017-18 Panini Prizm – Lonzo Ball – Card #289Silver 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’], [‘Feb 2018’, 377, 260, 11], [‘Mar 2018’, 372, 201, 24], [‘Apr 2018’, 260, 195, 15], [‘May…
18/19 Panini Silver Prizm Trae Young RC #78High Price: $250 – March 2019Low Price: $89 – February 2019High Volume: 76 – 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, 176, 5],[‘Jan 2019’, 135, 131,…
2017-18 Panini Prizm – Markelle Fultz – Card #1Silver 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’], [‘Feb 2018’, 305, 181, 13], [‘Mar 2018’, 243, 163, 27], [‘Apr 2018’, 216, 149, 20], [‘May…
2016-17 Panini Prizm – Brandon Ingram – Card #131Silver 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’, 140, 75, 8], [‘Feb 2017’, 140, 92, 2], [‘Mar 2017’, 147, 80, 7], [‘Apr…
2016-17 Panini Prizm – Ben Simmons – Card #1Silver 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’, 298, 241, 6], [‘Feb 2017’, 360, 227, 5], [‘Mar 2017’, 348, 251, 7], [‘Apr…
Sports cards are hot and has a lot of people talking. @SportsCardRadio responds to comments made by @GaryVee and @WatchTheBreaks & common myths around sports card investing. Download and Listen Podcast Show Page Direct Download Stitcher Page iTunes: Subscribe on iTunes Podcast Archive
Colin is joined by @SportsCardNews and goes into full blown seek and destroy mode on industry newbies, Luka Doncic group think, haters who have never made 7 figures on a website and much more. Haters are encouraged to reach out on Twitter @SportsCardRadio Download and Listen Podcast Show Page Direct Download Stitcher Page iTunes: Subscribe on…
Stick to singles when it comes to 2019 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball ($80 per box wholesale). The Sporting News says Topps works on products, like Series 1 Baseball, a year before it comes out. If they’re doing that with Gypsy Queen it’s time to reevaluate hiring choices. For a product with a weird name you’d…
1990 Topps Baseball cards are so common that anyone who grew up during the 90’s probably had some. Packs were widely distributed and could be found at virtually any grocery or convenience store. Hobby stores were a huge part of the distribution network for card companies in the early 1990’s. Most cities in the U.S….
Oops they did it again! The Topps website was hacked on November 19, 2018. This isn’t the first time Topps has been hacked. The company has owned up to a previous attack to their site on July 30, 2016. Topps became aware of the newest hack on December 26, 2018. Orders placed on their website…
At the Topps Industry Conference, in beautiful Scottsdale, Ryan sits down with an All-Star panel of guests. Dan from MojobreakRich from Layton Sports CardsKarvin Cheung from GTS Distribution Erik Newton from Hall of Fame Baseball CardsAdam Martin owner of DA Card World Warning: Explicit Language Download and Listen Podcast Show Page Watch/Listen on YouTube Direct Download…
Ryan talks with Michael Roche, one of the attorneys representing Kevin Brashear in a class action lawsuit filed against Panini America. Michael is not only a lawyer, but a card collector and knows the pain redemption cards cause the hobby. We talk about a broad range of issues surrounding redemptions including: The facts of the…