edcollection7 Is Not a New Case. It Looks Like the Same China-Based Beckett Sticker Network.

Yesterday, a follower sent me another eBay seller: `edcollection7`.

At first glance, it could look like just another low-history China-based seller moving signed jerseys through auctions. But after importing the certs and running the network report, this no longer looks like one isolated account.

It appears to connect directly to the same China-based fake sticker network I documented in March.

That March thread was the largest single fraud case I had ever documented in the hobby: `rmcxtysadyk`, more than 10,000 eBay sales, an estimated $1M+ in volume, and 4,000+ compromised Beckett-style certificate numbers added to CheckCOA. Cardlines and Sports Card Radio later covered that case publicly.

`rmcxtysadyk` and `abcsports61` may be deactivated now. That does not mean the operation retired.

It means the operation adapted.

Update from May 13: eBay appears to be watching this space. The active `edcollection7` listings were removed today, which is a positive step. But that only solves the visible active-listing side.

I have not seen evidence that the already sold items were canceled or intercepted. My concern is that many of those sold jerseys will still be delivered to buyers, which means the counterfeit supply chain continues downstream even after active listings disappear.

What Changed

The newer account is `edcollection7`.

The eBay profile screenshot shows:

• Location: China

• Member since: January 16, 2026

• 100% positive feedback, but only 1 feedback

• 113 items sold

• 22 followers

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  The sold-results screenshot shows 153 results and a run of recent auctions for Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal signed custom jerseys. The listings are located in China and appear to use lowercase, generic titles like `lionel messi signed custom jersey coa` and `lamine yamal signed custom jersey coa`.

  That detail matters. The older playbook leaned heavily on the Beckett trust signal. The newer version appears to be more careful in the listing text: generic `coa`, lowercase player names, and no obvious authenticator brand in the title.

  This is not a sign of innocence. It looks more like an attempt to avoid keyword-based detection.

  What CheckCOA Found

  I imported the known `edcollection7` certs into CheckCOA.

  The seller report shows:

  151 records imported

• $13,993 captured sold value

• 29 unique signers

• 18 cert overlaps with other sellers

The top names in the imported data are exactly what you would expect from a volume counterfeit operation: Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, Luka Doncic, Scottie Pippen, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Thierry Henry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, and others.

The network report is the stronger part.

CheckCOA compared `edcollection7` against `abcsports61` and `rmcxtysadyk`. It found 16 shared certs across the three-seller network. The report classifies the network strength as STRONG — likely same operator.

Most of the overlap is with `abcsports61`: 15 shared certs.

One overlap connects directly back to `rmcxtysadyk`: Beckett cert `BD32705`, used on a Thierry Henry jersey.

The Cleanest Visual Proof

The Thierry Henry example is the cleanest visual bridge.

The same cert, `BD32705`, appears in old `rmcxtysadyk` material and then appears again under `edcollection7`.

Old seller:

• `rmcxtysadyk`

• Thierry Henry signed custom jersey

• Sold January 2, 2026

• $161.50

New seller:

• `edcollection7`

• thierry henry signed custom jersey coa

• Sold May 12, 2026

$71.00

CheckCOA now flags that cert as a Fraud Alert with multiple seller evidence.

Why This Matters for eBay

This is where the case connects to yesterday's article about low-history sellers and auction exposure.

`edcollection7` is not an established memorabilia business. The account shows 1 feedback and was registered in January 2026. Yet the screenshots and report show it was able to run a large number of auctions and move more than $13,000 in captured sold value before this snapshot.

The active listings being removed today is useful, but it also proves the deeper problem: detection is happening after auctions already ran and after buyers already paid.

The question for eBay is simple:

How does a China-based private account with almost no feedback get enough selling capacity to run this volume of sports memorabilia auctions?

This is not available to an ordinary low-history American seller trying to list personal items. So why is it available to an account tied by certificate overlap to previously documented counterfeit networks?

This is exactly the kind of pattern eBay should be able to catch internally:

• low feedback;

• China location;

• high-volume sports memorabilia auctions;

• repeated top-athlete jerseys;

• generic lowercase titles;

• `coa` keyword without clear trusted provenance;

• certificate overlaps with previously flagged/deactivated sellers;

• same certs appearing across multiple seller accounts.

This does not require a public detective to solve. eBay has the internal data: account links, payout data, shipping data, device fingerprints, IP history, listing templates, and buyer complaint history.

Removing active listings is not enough if completed transactions are allowed to ship. For this category, eBay needs a way to pause fulfillment, notify buyers, and review completed sales when an account is tied to a known counterfeit certificate network.

The factory did not stop. It changed storefronts.