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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
I hate to say it, Mike, but that jacket concerns me. You may be right, tho.
That is fine and I respect your concerns and except you questions. You have been much more then fair with me recently.
This is why I decided to join AML, for fair and civil discussions. There are many other autograph authenticators that I think should join into discussions with and open mind. That is a big part of correcting and minding this business.
Can you explain your concerns? I also would except other opinions on this signature.
whats the story behind the coat, I'm interested in hearing :)
This is the David Sonnet Beat It jacket, isn't it?
I made this from the original auction house video (jacket's at the end):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ItctDPxWE
I agree with Steve though, doesn't look quite right, especially the "ichael Jackson". The M and the "Love" look pretty good...
I wonder if he signed the jacket while the kid was wearing it? It might look a little funny then, but it seems where it is signed that it would have been taken of to sign it. If thats the case I think it should look a little better than it does. The parents of the boy would surely know if this was the Jacket.
Charlotte,
Thanks for posting the video. I never even considered that the jacket might have been signed while a kid was wearing it. And one in a wheel chair at that who couldn't control his body movements well.
While there doesn't appear to be any video or images of MJ signing the jacket, the likelihood he would have had to sign it while the boy was wearing it puts this autograph in a whole new light. Under those circumstances, I think it's close enough that if the people and story check out, and the pros think the autograph is within reason all things considered, I'll go with the pros.
Mike, stand behind your opinions...Stop worrying about what Epperson or PSA thinks.
I can't reply to MF because of how deep the threads go, so I'll use Wendy's. Thanks for posting this MF - love it. :) Especially after the other thread on David. Didn't they auction off some other items to raise money for a young lady who also had a brain injury/disease?
For some reason I didn't get any of these emails in my regular email box, not sure why, I'm still "following" this thread. Anyone else having problems not getting notices?
Sure Mike.
I appreciate your attitude. I'll start with "Love":
Michael Jackson's name:
I'm glad you asked me to break down what I saw. I'm so used to looking at autographs as a whole instead of analyzing them bit by bit.
What are your thoughts, Mike?
Michael, I just want to say that I'm NOT the expert here and MJ really could have made the N like that.. it is still not as rounded, nor awkward in formation as those Bush related sigs.
As for the L in Michael, here is an MJ signature from when he was a teenager. The Michael L looks very similar to the jacket, to me.
I'll add a few more L's like this in a minute.
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