Jesse Jackson Jr and memorabilia

Interesting article. Looks like a chunk of this stuff was bought in Las Vegas with campaign funds. I'd be curious to see how many of the things he bought were forgeries.

Maybe if they find out he bought forgeries his dad could protest the businesses that peddled it and strong arm them for ransom.

Article below.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/How-Jesse-Jackson-Jr-Spen...

Jesse Jackson Jr. apparently is a big fan of Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bruce Lee.

According to federal charges filed Friday, the former congressman spent thousands of campaign dollars on fan memorabilia including $4,600 on a Michael Jackson fedora and $4,000 on a Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen guitar.

Those items are on a list filed in court of MLK, Bruce Lee and Michael Jackson memorabilia he allegedly purchased with campaign money. Also on the list is an $800 mink cashmere cape and $1,200 reversible mink parka.

Full list:

Bruce Lee memorabilia: $2,000

Bruce Lee memorabilia: $3,150

Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia: $5,595

Bruce Lee memorabilia: $2,955

Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia: $5,535

Football signed by American presidents: $5,000

Michael Jackson memorabilia: $2,000

Michael Jackson memorabilia: $4,600

Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,400

Michael Jackson memorabilia: $2,000

Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,000

Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,200

Michael Jackson memorabilia: $1,000

Michael Jackson hat: $3,900

Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen guitar: $4,000

Malcom X memorabilia: $2,200

Jimi Hendrix memorabilia: $2,775

Michael Jackson Fedora: $4,600

Mink cashmere cap: $800

Black and red cashmere cape: $1,500

Mink reversible parka: $1,200

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/How-Jesse-Jackson-Jr-Spen...

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Comment by Steve Cyrkin on February 15, 2013 at 9:04pm: I'm more curious if any of it is genuine. Is Lincoln on the football?

Comment by Rick Meyer on February 15, 2013 at 9:37pm: Bought some of it from Antiquities of Nevada.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin on February 15, 2013 at 10:35pm: This should be interesting.

Comment by Sandra Rose on February 18, 2013 at 10:33pm: I went to have a look at the Antiquities of Nevada website. The MJ autos look fake and the frames and mats look amateurish.

Comment by Rick Meyer on February 18, 2013 at 10:37pm: I agree. I don't think any of their items are good. I saw a vendor at Barrett Jackson selling high end signatures. The seller claimed they got them from Antiquities of Nevada. They had 6 Howard Hughes autographs. All looked signatures looked identical. We all know how easy a signer he was.

Comment by Rick Meyer on February 18, 2013 at 10:49pm: Jesse Jackson Jr should have bought this sign Pink Floyd guitar with Syd Barrett. Wonder who authenticated this?

Comment by Steve Cyrkin on February 18, 2013 at 11:11pm: Antiquities is a major seller of forgeries. Both of their stores sell them, Las Vegas and Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

Comment by J.Seah on February 20, 2013 at 7:11am: Jackson, 47, used campaign money to buy a $43,350 gold-plated, men's Rolex watch!!

Rolex doesn't even make a gold plated watch!!! How dumb can you be???

Comment by Mr Zipper on February 20, 2013 at 7:15am: What a loser. If he was going to steal tens of thousands of dollars of campaign cash, at least he could have the good grace to buy authentic material.

Comment by J.Seah on February 20, 2013 at 11:28am: Prosecutors said that upon conviction Jackson must forfeit $750,000, plus tens of thousands of dollars' worth of memorabilia items and furs.

They are going to be pissed to find that "tens of thousands of dollars' worth of memorabilia" are worth nothing. I seriously hope that they will start an investigation on memorabilia fraud!! Starting with the source of these memorabilia.

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