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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 TeamMichael777 on November 25, 2012 at 1:52pm

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Permalink Reply by TeamMichael777 on November 25, 2012 at 1:59pm

another white hat up for auction on Dec 1st,

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Permalink Reply by Face on November 25, 2012 at 1:00pm

The "E" on the word MORE is BUSH's style!

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Stanley on November 25, 2012 at 1:11pm

and the e on Love same again. Im not an expert but looks like same person signed this as the Bush items.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on November 25, 2012 at 3:50pm

Julien's has spoken on their Facebook page today and they say (to whom I don't know) -

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/JuliensAuctions?fref=ts

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Permalink Reply by Face on November 25, 2012 at 3:55pm

They must be replying to someone and then they removed his comment... Julien's Auctions will stick to their story... No matter what...!

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Permalink Reply by TeamMichael777 on November 25, 2012 at 4:42pm

OMG THEY HAVE BANNED ME FROM THE PAGE??? Oh dear... Truth is often hard to swallow!!

Our Admin from TeamMichaelJackson just pointed out this,, the L in love by Michael is much lower then the line, its more like an F, please see, its easy to see which are and are not MJ's

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on November 25, 2012 at 6:12pm

More Bush signature examples

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Permalink Reply by Prashant Kaushik on November 25, 2012 at 6:59pm

Wow again! Nice work...
On a further note, no wonder Michael could not trust anyone....mr. Bush is a coward and I will stick to that!
He along with juliens auctions should question their integrity and supposed respect for Michael Jackson!

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Permalink Reply by Jadzzia Mj on November 25, 2012 at 4:05pm

This is what he said ... Is this a joke ?

Julien's Auctions Yes, all the signatures are done in the hand by Michael Jackson....

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on November 25, 2012 at 4:17pm

Maybe Bush was wearing Michael's jewel encrusted glove when he wrote these forgeries? So would that be what makes it "in the hand by Michael Jackson" ??? Not funny but they are really reaching...