Names: Evan Mathis, Adam Mathis (brother)
Associates: Chad Thyzel (ebay ID: legendsandlegacies, formerly superiorsports), Jason Koonce, Rick Mcgehee (fictitious alias?), Rick Probstein (Probstein123), Brent Huigens (PWCC), COMC, Sean Bassik (investinbaseball)
Known eBay Accounts:
cardology (o***o on all platforms)
cardquest12 (u***r on eBay old, t***a on eBay new)
acme.cards (s***s on eBay old, a***m on eBay new and VCP)
quest4cards12 (c***q on eBay old, 2***a on eBay new)
Unknown ID Coded as t***q (purple star)
no.bids.all.bins
Known COMC accounts:
StorageUnitFinds
DiamondGems
Sells via
PWCC,
Probstein,
COMC, and eBay account
cardology. Has formerly sold cards via
investinbaseball, eBay account
acme.cards, and likely eBay account
otiasports previously known as
worldwideinvestments (Jason Koonce). At the very least, he currently has BIN listings for sale with Probstein and he has been consigning cards to PWCC though at least August, months after Brent outed him as a card trimmer to other(s).
Past shipping information:
2018 sale to acme.cards (this is Mathis's home address per Williamson County property records):
acmeamericana@gmail.com
Buyer: Rick Mcgehee
Address: Windy Wood
XXXX Manley Ln
Brentwood, TN 37027-5532
2016 sale to acme.cards:
acmeamericana@gmail.com
Chad Thyzel
Address: PO Box XXXXXX
Temecula, CA 92589-1780
Email addresses:
ergoism@gmail.com
evan@cardology.com
acmeamericana@gmail.com
In addition to trimming a wide array of vintage cards, he also trims a ton of 90's Michael Jordan inserts (as confirmed independently and by an friend/associate of Brent Huigens), Ken Griffey Jr. rookies and inserts (a tip about a tiny PSA 10 UD Griffey Rookie was what spurred this investigation), Trout Update rookies by the dozen, Brady rookies (primarily Bowman, Press Pass, and Skybox), Bonds rookies (especially Traded and Traded Tiffany), Jeter rookies, and a slew of lower end inserts.
It appears that he began his new job as a card trimmer immediately upon retiring from the NFL in late January of 2017.
Here's the feedback he (or his brother) left from the quest4cards12 around this same time for an 18" paper trimmer:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191220...rchInterval=30
He also has a website where he spams eBay listings from PWCC, Greg Morris, Probstein, and 4SC:
https://www.cardbuff.com/ (
evanmathis.com redirects there as well)
Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219....cardbuff.com/
Additional reading:
Evan Mathis playing poker with "good friend" Jason Koonce:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2019/...-pca-33100.htm
"Sell your collection to Super Bowl 50 Champion Evan Mathis at the 2018 NSCC" from Sean Bassik of investinbaseball:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=257961
His site, cardbuff.com, sending unsolicited spam email to members of Net54 and CU forums:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=251048 https://forums.collectors.com/discus...8/cardbuff-com
PSA Collector Profile of Evan Mathis:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...niature-museum
Now, on to the cards....
All of the following were purchased untrimmed by cardology and later sold by PWCC. Other cards in the PSA subs were sold by Probstein and/or acme.cards:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...mPg=52&page=23
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...tar-1866624382
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1559111
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...rchInterval=30
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...psa-1860113305
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1485889
This is a fun one because Mathis (cardology) purchased it as a PSA 8, trimmed the top edge, and sold it as a PSA 9. Gary Moser than purchased it as a PSA 9, trimmed/shaved the bottom edge, and then sold it as a PSA 10. Corndog already called out the 9 to 10 (Link:
https://www.blowoutforums.com/showpo...postcount=3080), so I'll just focus on the 8 to 9 trimming below.
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...&mPg=14&page=5
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...tle-1866961344
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1574718
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...rchInterval=30
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...-nm-1866964378
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1603450
https://web.archive.org/web/20191220...0&mPg=6&page=3
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...psa-1860113345
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1503241
This was purchased raw by cardquest12, trimmed, and sold by Probstein for a whole $26:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...0&mPg=3&page=1
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...art-1956082715
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...int-2017915683
I cant tell if this was was altered more to go from a PSA Auth Altered to a PSA 4, but I'm posting it anyway since Mathis purchased it as altered, submitted it to PSA, and sold it as a PSA 4.
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...rchInterval=30
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...psa-1961341277
However, this Authentic Altered card has been trimmed by Mathis to get it into a PSA 6 slab.
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...rchInterval=30
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ard-1960353910
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1959852
The following card was purchased raw by acme.cards, trimmed, and sold by PWCC as a PSA 10:
https://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...rchInterval=30
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ral-1956200276
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1931065
The following card was purchased by unknown ID coded as t***q (purple star) before it was trimmed. This ID appears frequently in Mathis subs.
https://web.archive.org/web/20191219...&mPg=15&page=3
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...per-1957032048
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1967458
The rest of these cards are attributed to Evan Mathis via the PSA submission they're in:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...tts-1960595825
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1961863
He is also responsible for this trimmed card that has already been called out:
https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312334
In addition to this previously called out card and the majority of the other high-grade PSA Jordan inserts sold by Probstein and PWCC since 2017:
https://www.blowoutforums.com/showpo...5&postcount=55
As usual, this is nothing. Untraceable cards outnumber traceable cards probably by about 50:1 and it looks like he was breaking vintage sets to trim as well.
Edit 1:
Here's an AI Platinum that was first sold twice by PWCC as a BGS 8, bumped to a BGS 9 without alteration and sold by PWCC again, purchased by Mathis, trimmed, graded a PSA 10, and sold by PWCC for a fourth time. Go grading!
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1491181
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1519051
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1695326
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1963272
Edit 2:
This PSA 10 Carlton Fisk is really the definition a franken-card. If you really study the photos, you can see that the card was pressed to increase stock area and then haphazardly trimmed back to create lots of partial edge and corner shaves to sharpen the corners. As a result the card doesn't really have any straight edges left, yet still receives a PSA 10. The last two photos are the best as they show the cards overlaid with a red outline that has a constant position. This outline shows how the left and top edges have been trimmed while the bottom right corner area has been pressed out to sharpen the corner.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...kie-1821037162
https://goldinauctions.com/LotDetail...entoryid=34312
Edit 3:
Trimmed card with no grade increase and a $42.51 value gain. Note the "Before" photos below are from an earlier PWCC sale. acme.cards purchased the untrimmed card from warrent1954 as shown.
https://web.archive.org/web/20191223...0&mPg=8&page=3
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1587475
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...-76-1919626230
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1957973
Edit 4:
A very small Bench. One trimmed edge noted. Can't tell if the other edges have been cleaned up as well due to the photos.
https://web.archive.org/web/20191223...&mPg=10&page=4
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...-mt-1900530213
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1959831
Edit 5:
Only at PSA can you remove a card's corner to increase a its grade. And only at PWCC will this yield an eye appeal sticker.
The entire top edge might be trimmed, but it's too close to the bumper in the PSA 8 photo to make the call.
https://www.pwccmarketplace.com/items/1672261
