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Marilyn ?

Hello there,

I bought this at an auction sale in Paris (I'm French), but I'm pretty in doubt with the authenticity... And I'm wondering about the history it could have... who wrote on the disc, who signed Marilyn... if it's her or not...

I am a huge fan of Marilyn since I'm 16 and was my dream to have an autograph but I'm scared...

Sent this message to the auction house... :

- the autograph strongly resembles those produced by Marilyn Monroe's secretariat;
- the record cover is from "Wilcox-Gay" and the vinyl record from "Hollywood Records": it is therefore not a set;
- the autograph is located on a cut-out paper part, the two holes of which have also been cut out (for what purpose?!) and which is not attached to anything. Worse: the title “seven year itch” does not correspond to the film which is supposedly on the vinyl which is “gentlemen prefer blondes”.

Could you help me please ?

Elodie

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on February 16, 2022 at 10:51pm

Thanks Eric. The autograph is definitely not Marilyn's.

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Permalink Reply by Elodie on February 17, 2022 at 4:13am

Thank you for helping :)

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 16, 2022 at 8:04pm

I'm sorry, Elodie. Did you pay with a credit card? You should be protected.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on February 16, 2022 at 8:08pm

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Permalink Reply by Elodie on February 17, 2022 at 4:15am

Thank you Steve

Unfortunately I paid by bank transfer... I could be protected by the law but have to prove that it's a forgery...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 17, 2022 at 11:32am

Elodie,

I'm sorry you're going through this. It's sadly very common. What is acceptable proof of forgery?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 17, 2022 at 11:33am

Elodie, have you talked to the auction house about it?

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Permalink Reply by Elodie on February 17, 2022 at 1:09pm

Not yet... I sent an email to the auctioneer, who organized this selling in Hotel Drouot. Have been naive cause it's the house where the government organizes its sales on seizure...

They had it authenticated by a journalist (information which I was not aware of before the purchase of course, I naively thought that it had been seen by a Marilyn expert!)...I asked them what this journalist had based himself on to authenticate it?! I'm waiting for their response... I also told them about our exchanges...