Ebay seller pokeball....

Do I trust ebay seller pokeballcollectiblesexclusiveshop?  Background: bought 2 Michael J Fox photos, came with Beckett hologram cert and with Beckett paper cert - verified numbers on Beckett and they are legitimate.  Also signatures do look good to me.  Slam dunk, right?  BUT: on ebay identifies as from Japan but in reality China. Why lie?  Also one negative feedback on ebay claims (unsubstantiated) that seller fakes Beckett. 

I would like to buy more from this seller; his autographed photos are desirable and affordable, AND Beckett numbers confirmed on their website.  What do you guys think?

Enclosing a couple examples from current listings.  Thanks for your advice.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on July 5, 2025 at 7:38am

This appears to be the actual Robin Williams SP with that cert #:

Here’s the one from the OP:

Permalink Reply by BGK on July 5, 2025 at 7:53am

Thanks Ballroom, so it appears the seller is lifting already issued cert numbers (to get past the Beckett website verification) and then manufacturing his own hologram and certificate?  Is that a fair assessment?  Clever, and very scary.

Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on July 5, 2025 at 8:02am

That’s how it appears to me. The same thing was done a while back with PSA certed items with no image in the certification database. I couldn’t find the real Seinfeld SP. I haven’t studied his signature, but that one doesn’t look right to me.

Permalink Reply by BGK on July 5, 2025 at 9:07am

So we all know that the vast majority of autographs on ebay are fake.  There's too many thieves to list but easy red flags are sellers from "Ukraine" (really?), Belgium, and China.  This guy used "Japan" to avoid the China stigma.  His mode of operation shows that the thieves on ebay are getting more sophisticated in finding new ways to subvert the system.  Once again, thank you Ballroom for your insight.

Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on July 5, 2025 at 9:30am

Believe it or not, someone was taking some of the PSA ones to various pawn shops and using them as collateral(!). Here’s one of the discussions regarding the ones with fake PSA certs:

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/another-fake-psa-ce...

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