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Michael Jackson Signing Styles in Julien's Tompkins and Bush Sale

On December 2, Julien's Auctions is selling The Collection of Tompkins and Bush. The collection contains 465 lots of Michael Jackson memorabilia, 287 of them autographed.

Michael Bush and the late Dennis Tompkins were Michael Jackson's costume designers for 25 years, during Jackson's most successful period. They were the consignors of the signed Thriller jacket that Julien's sold for $1,800,000 in June 2011.

Almost all of the autographs in the Tompkins and Bush sale are a variation I'm not familiar with. I've only been looking at Jackson's autograph for a few years, though, and we have members here who have collected him for decades, so I'd appreciate your input and exemplars.

If you know Michael Jackson's autograph well, please look at a few images below from the auction and let me know what you think. Even better, browse the auction and upload any similar examples you have: http://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/77/

Julien's is the world's premier auction house for Michael Jackson memorabilia, so they would know his autograph better than most of us. I'm just surprised I haven't seen this style before.

Thanks for your help.

Tags: 2012, Julien's, auction, michael jackson, tompkins and bush

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Permalink Reply by MJ-fan-1965 on January 7, 2013 at 8:54am

Hi All,

Steve asked me to make a new Forum thread for the Darren Julien interviews (there are two interviews that came out today), and that we should discuss the interviews on that thread vs here. If you know of people who are interested in the interviews, please direct them there to read and make comments.

The new forum thread is here:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/darren-julien-interv...

Thanks!!!

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Permalink Reply by Luciana Camino on January 7, 2013 at 12:53pm

Done and shared, MJ-fan-1965 !!!!

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Richard Saffro on January 7, 2013 at 11:14am

Let me preface my comments by saying that I do not claim to be an expert on Michael Jackson's signatures. However, I have seen hundreds of Michael Jackson signatures over the past few years, and none of the Michael Jackson signatures in the Julien's Auction of The Collection of Tompkins and Bush remotely resemble the Michael Jackson signatures that I have seen. This all feels very wrong to me.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 7, 2013 at 11:37am

Dr. Saffro, BTW, is the author of The Sanders Autograph Price Guide, which is the autograph field's only price guide and has been the leading publication in the autograph field since the 1990s.

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Permalink Reply by MJ-fan-1965 on January 7, 2013 at 12:47pm

Excellent, thank you Dr. Saffro!

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Permalink Reply by TeamMichael777 on January 7, 2013 at 2:18pm

Thank you Steve :-)

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Permalink Reply by Helen on January 7, 2013 at 11:40am

Thank you, Mr. Saffro. I am sad more people do not believe the evidence of their own eyes.

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Permalink Reply by TeamMichael777 on January 7, 2013 at 2:17pm

Thank you Dr Saffro.

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Permalink Reply by Wendy Christine on January 8, 2013 at 8:48pm

Thank you, Dr. Saffro. I have owned many a copy of The Sanders Autograph Price Guide over the years. Your input is most appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Veronica Shultz on January 7, 2013 at 2:04pm

After reading Darren's answers to MjjCollectors I think I won't get any refund.

On another thing, Michael started calling Bush, Bush because they had the same name. Michael it felt weird and confusing calling him Michael or something like that.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on January 7, 2013 at 2:08pm

Veronica,

Dont give up. You will eventually get their. Have you contacted the news station who originally reported on this? If so, you might want to gather the other half dozen people who also are not getting responses and start blowing up the news stations phone. This is a major story and a huge scandal. I still feel that you will find justice before its over with.