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Permalink Reply by Pauline Berry on October 18, 2019 at 10:59pm

That's a definite forgery.

Great picture. The picture itself implies the forgery as well (the writing is clearly not hers) but the photo is of a costume test that wasn't used in the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, (too scandalous/skin showing), thus Marilyn would never have signed it as a photo to a fan as it would not have been supplied or sanctioned. This costume was replaced with the famous pink satin one.

I have seen this forger's hand before. They studied a little, but cannot execute.

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on October 19, 2019 at 10:04am

Thank you Pauline for your insight. If you have any other examples of this forger, could you post a couple here so I can add them to my "no good" folder. 

And please can you post a link to your blog that I read about on another thread, as that would help with the ongoing Marilyn education. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 19, 2019 at 10:27am

Pauline is great! Here is the link I have:

Marilyn Monroe's Autograph Evolution

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on October 23, 2019 at 3:39pm

Thanks, that's a very helpful blog post.

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Permalink Reply by Autographtastic on October 23, 2019 at 3:41pm

Pauline, is it your view that all the Marilyn autographs/letters in the Juliens Auction (ending 14 November) are authentic?

I'm sure I recall reading that on another thread. 

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