Exclusive Video Not 1, not 2, not 3….. Live Case Break owner Timothy Harmer has been accused of raping someone underage and was hit with multiple felonies. The well known group breaker was arrested April 12, 2021 and charged with third-degree rape, third-degree criminal sex act, sexual misconduct, and use of a child less than…
A Vice President of a New Jersey drug marketing consultant company is being accused of trimming high end Aaron Rodgers football cards. Dominick Cirigliano, the VP of OptiBrand Rx, appears to be selling several trimmed Rodgers cards on his eBay account domboski2005. Dominick Cirigliano Blowout Forum user, 3124508 on COMC, believes that Cirigliano trimmed and…
Beckett Grading Services (BGS) has confirmed the existence of counterfeit graded card holders. A social media post on November 12, 2020 terrified sports card collectors and sent them scrambling to check their slabs. So far, it’s believed the cards inside the holders are real, but the BGS cases are fake. Exclusive Video On November…
Be careful using Crazy Uncle Auctions! Yes, someone named their business that. According to Net54 user, CJ Dave, over $500,000 worth of items were DUMPED outside his house when they didn’t sell during a Crazy Uncle auction. Several other forum users described problems when buying & selling items. Crazy Uncle is run by Aaron Rothschild,…
You’d think a Facebook group devoted to exposing scammers in the sports card hobby would be a safe place. Think again. In the often shady world of sports cards – things are not always what they seem Last April, disgraced breaker Nathan Burns of Grand Slam Collectibles broke 25 cases of Heroes of Sport –…
Sports Card Exchange owner Luis Papa is suing Panini America and Beckett Grading Services (BGS) over a trimmed 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady autograph rookie card. Papa is seeking damages of at least $200,000 and an additional amount for mental anguish. Card dorks are a special breed. Louis Papa Here is the backstory on the…
Hear ye, hear ye! The honorable Upper Deck Trading Card Company is seeking the expert testimony of Sports Card Radio owners Colin and Ryan Tedards. In UD’s prolonged court battle with rival card company Leaf Trading Cards, the Tedards twins could be the key to knocking out CEO Brian Gray forever. In a dramatic response,…
News, insight and coverage from the 2020 Topps Industry Conference, February 23-25, 2020. Ryan returns to his old stomping grounds to see what is happening in the world of sports cards. PODCAST: Show #231 2020 Topps Industry Conference Recap Show Tuesday 1:49 pm Group Breakers don’t make money breaking Topps Transcendent Baseball. Sales don’t equal…
Eric Savoy has had enough! Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), PWCC Marketplace (PWCC) and Rick Probstein (Probstein123) have all been named in a class action lawsuit regarding the grading and sale of trimmed sports cards. > Read Full Class Action Doc The lawsuit contends that PSA knowingly grades altered and trimmed cards. PSA CEO Joe Orlando…
Former MLB pitcher Phil Hughes said on Twitter he might be done with sports card “group breaks” after haters accused him of being shady during a 2019 Topps Transcendent Baseball break. > Watch Full Video > Phil’s Pulls eBay Account YouTube user George Bozinovski pointed out that the video cuts out during the break. The…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
Kevin Brashear has had enough. He popped Panini America with a civil lawsuit in January over failure to produce redemption cards in a timely manner. It is a beautiful thing to see: Panini America Inc, a lawsuit has been filed against you. Here is the full complaint against Panini – (UPDATED: Amended Complaint from 4/8/2019)…
Someone took a baby wipe to the 2016 Bowman Chrome Juan Soto 1/1 Superfractor Autograph and PSA graded it a 10. Juan Soto Cards For SALE The card was originally evaluated by BGS, and received a 9 with a 9 autograph score. If you look closely, you can see the underline below “Juan” trails off…
The 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention will be the 7th year in a row Sports Card Radio has attended. Here is a look back at some cards we’ve seen over the years and what they might be worth in 2018. 2012 Baltimore Cards 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan RC BGS 9.5 2012 NSCC Price: $4,700 BGS…
The Topps Company has a long history of selling sports cards in the U.S. since the 1950’s. No card company has a more loyal following. With such a long history of card making, mistakes will happen over the years. UPDATE: Topps Mistakes (Fanatics Era) Panini America Scams & Mistakes What you won’t find on this…
EXPLOSIVE details are emerging that show the future of the website Cardboard Connection is in limbo. Cardboard Connection founder & 90% owner Mike Smeth has BRAND NEW FELONY CHARGES against him. Smeth was arrested on February 25, 2018 on the following charges:Possession of a firearm by First Offender ProbationerPossession of Schedule II Controlled Substance (Heroin)Possession…
Ooops he did it again?! Cardboard Connection CEO Mike Smeth violated his probation and was sentenced to 30 days in jail on May 1, 2018. Smeth is currently serving 6 years probation after he plead guilty to Terroristic Threats and Aggravated Assault when he threatened to kill multiple people with a gun in 2016. Smeth…