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Michael Jackson drawings (Miscell inc. 'Historic portraits' and 'Disney characters')

I'm noticing a sudden influx of MJ signed Michael Jackson drawings coming on to the auction market, which seem to share the common themes of either 'portraits of historical figures' or 'Disney characters'.

Both of these themes are of course recognised from Michaels' drawings both at a young age and later in life, but it is interesting that so many new drawings are being released on to the market at the same time.

Here are some current examples:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/32578267_collection-of-art-by-m...

Tags: Michael, disney, forgery, jackson, parr, portraits

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on July 27, 2015 at 2:18am

A new ebay listing for a signed and inscribed piece of paper (no drawing) from a seller who has previously offered ' signed drawings' for sale. (maria_butterfly0152, based in Germany). The previous drawing had a supposed 'Epic' letter of authentication, but this new 'autograph' has no COA.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Jackson-Hand-Signed-Autograph-auth-...

The artificial 'ageing' of this piece is quite amusing.

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on July 29, 2015 at 1:51am

Another autograph of the 'Simon Parr' signed pillowcase type, this time a handkerchief signed ''London 1996' from Killeigh2003. Seller states there is a COA, which is not shown. 10 Euro starting price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICHAEL-JACKSON-AUTOGRAPH-SIGNED-HANDKERCHI...

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 1, 2015 at 2:09pm

A new entry to the Simon Parr Auction for 8th August 15 (delayed from 11th / 18th July 15):

Lot 392A Drawing of a 'Sad Man' (male profile) in red ink, £500 minimum bid.

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-lot/michael-jackson-drawing:-sa...

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 2, 2015 at 11:59pm

A new offering from 'the memorabilia vault' (on ebay ) of a 'female alien' with 'mj signature'. $1499.99 starting bid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICHAEL-JACKSON-SIGNED-AUTOGRAPH-PENCIL-DRA...

They are also selling a mickey mouse face sketch with a 'J' in the bottom corner (with Vaccaro LOA) for $2199

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICHAEL-JACKSON-ART-SKETCH-DRAWING-MICKEY-M...

and a sketch of a 'pretty girl' ex Juliens, for $1399

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICHAEL-JACKSON-SIGNED-AUTOGRAPH-PRETTY-GIR...

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 6, 2015 at 11:16am

Simon Parr is listing another auction on the 'Invaluable' site, on 29th August 15. Yet more (fake) drawings, pillowcases and napkins are on offer. Most are between £400 and £600 starting price, with £1000 start for the 'Minnie Mouse'

http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/michael-jackson-drawing:-minn...

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 8, 2015 at 6:22am

I hope that any purchasers at the Simon Parr auction today have PERSONALLY Inspected the items for sale before purchase, to determine whether these items are what the description says they are (as per the auction conditions of sale.)

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalo...

Whilst SIMON PARRS AUCTIONS LTD makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of their catalogue and the description of any lot:

(a) Each lot as set out in the catalogue or as divided or combined with any other lot or lots is sold by the vendor with all faults, imperfections and errors of descriptions.

(b) SIMON PARRS AUCTIONS LTD do not accept responsibility for the authenticity, attribution, genuineness, origin, authorship, date, age, period, condition or quality of any lot, unless they have been instructed in writing by the vendor so to certify, and in such case the Auctioneers do so as agents of the vendor and are not themselves responsible for such claims.
We strive to provide accurate, objective and fair information on all lots for sale, and we happily supply condition statements as a courtesy to our clients. Please keep in mind that any condition statement is merely an opinion, not a statement of fact, and all lots are sold "as is." Simon Parrs auctions ltd shall have no responsibility for any error or omission and neither Simon Parrs auctions ltd nor any consignor makes any warranties or representation of any kind or nature with respect to the property, and in no event shall they be responsible for the correctness, nor deemed to have made any representation or warranty, of description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, or condition of the property and no statement made at the sale, or in the bill of sale, or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty of representation or an assumption of liability. We advise that you or someone on your behalf inspect the lot personally before purchase.

(c) All statements, whether printed in the catalogue or made orally, as to any of the matters set out in (b) above are statements of opinion only and are not to be taken as being or implying any warranties or representations of fact by SIMON PARRS AUCTIONS LTD, unless they have been instructed in writing by the vendor so to certify, and in such case the Auctioneers do so as agents of the vendor and are not themselves responsible for such claims.

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Permalink Reply by wascher on August 8, 2015 at 7:05am

Thanks for keeping up on this Lizzie. I don't comment too often if its just the same ole same ole from this place but I read every post you put on here. So thank you.

-w

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Permalink Reply by michelle on August 8, 2015 at 7:30am

All the items I am familiar with (non M J ones) that Simon Parr are selling are also fake and they come up every month as well

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 8, 2015 at 3:46pm

Thank you for this helpful comment. I've just logged in to the 'Invaluable' site to check the final bids on the Simon Parr 'Bert Stern' Auction, dated 8th August 15, and despite there having been quite a few high value bids up to the start of the auction, the realised prices all state '£0'...seemingly for all 475 items. These are all 'unverified', so none of this seems very transparent. I wonder what happened to all those multi-hundreds of pounds of bids?

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalo...

Hmm, it seems that some / all of the 'Bert Stern' Marilyn photos have been rolled over to the 26th September and the 4th December 2015...

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-house/simon-parr-s-auctions-ltd...

I'm wondering why someone would spend so much time and effort on this apparently profitless exercise?

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-lot/the-largest-collection-of-b...

Much to my amusement, Invaluable seem to have awarded this 'auction house' their 'Platinum Rosette'. I wonder what for? Misleading the public?

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-house/simon-parr-s-auctions-ltd...

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 8, 2015 at 4:16pm

I thought I'd add photos of a few of the forged signature MJ photos included in the Simon Parr auction dated 29th August 15 (Lots 91-94):

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalo...

And a 'signed armbrace' Lot59

http://www.invaluable.co.uk/auction-lot/michael-jackson-signed-armb...

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 9, 2015 at 9:46am

This is a bit 'off piste' as regards the thread topic, but I happened to notice a gold MJ signed armbrace which has a rather similar signature to the Simon Parr Lot 59, 29 Aug 15 auction above, from an ebay seller based in Norway (plasticbagman78). This seller notes that he only accepts direct payments into his / her bank account, and not Paypal payments.

I've tried to find the COA source online but just came up with an ebay community link, where someone says that they have been unable to find any web presence for this New- Jersey based COA provider (JFH Collectibles) since about 2006.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Michael-Jackson-signed-GOLD-armbrace-rare-c...

http://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Collectibles/JFH-collectibles-...

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on August 15, 2015 at 11:05am

And on the same theme, another signed armbrace this time from Christiana Auctions of New Jersey, for their Sept 15 auction: (Also offering the next 'MJ' Mickey drawing)