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Jim Morrison

Here is one that is currently live by a reputed auction house. A supposed Jim Morrison signed cut.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 3, 2021 at 4:38pm

No from me. See what Ballroom says.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 3, 2021 at 5:14pm

I agree with Eric. Not authentic IMO.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Board on June 3, 2021 at 8:23pm

Doors are my favorite band. This...looks awful to me.

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Permalink Reply by Hyacinth House on June 4, 2021 at 2:33am

It does look awful. I posted it because I am somewhat surprised that the referenced reputable auction house is running it and without any specific authentication. Already it is at $2750 with a week to run!

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Permalink Reply by JackGotLucky on June 4, 2021 at 2:54am

It's not authentic, unfortunately.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on June 4, 2021 at 8:40am

Who is the "reputable" auction house?

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Permalink Reply by Hyacinth House on June 4, 2021 at 11:08am

Julien’s auction house. They recently sold a Kurt Cobain guitar for big bucks and are generally well thought of. I found another ‘similar’ right leaning Morrison that sold at Christie’s auction house in 2011. I wonder if the latter is the real deal and formed the basis of the Julien’s cut?

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 4, 2021 at 4:13pm

There are more in this style with a “Cheers” inscription, but I don’t think any of them are real.

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Permalink Reply by Hyacinth House on June 5, 2021 at 8:34am

I agree BallroomDays67. I have soon a few of these too and they have never sat right. The point being that even the top auction houses are not immune from passing on a fake. Ie the latest and that Christie’s one above.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on June 4, 2021 at 3:46pm

Julien's lets alot of fakes through. They have their own "in house" authenticating team -- never a smart idea.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Board on June 4, 2021 at 8:50pm

I once described how an authentic Morrison signature looks to my friend, who was surprised I thought so many were fake. I said, "His style is so easy to forge, BUT...he writes almost like a 6th grader that just learned cursive. So if you do the style he signs, but fast (the way the one above looks), it doesn't look right.