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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 Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 22, 2012 at 7:02am

I haven't seen enough signed on fabric to be able to determine a decent forgery well, so maybe you're right. But the ones in the Tompkins & Bush sale are different and obvious.

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Permalink Reply by Wendy Christine on November 23, 2012 at 9:02pm

Agreed. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Stanley on November 21, 2012 at 11:29am

here are 2 different items sold at Juliens with the same description but clearly different. This exposes Juliens-

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3900963476562&set=a.3381.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3383885949947&set=a.3381...

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Permalink Reply by Justin on November 21, 2012 at 11:36am

i think those are genuine

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Permalink Reply by Justin on November 22, 2012 at 6:26am

erase that. link 2 is counterfeit. i see it now Team Michael.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3383885949947&set=a.338...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 21, 2012 at 11:45am

I like both of those, too.

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Stanley on November 21, 2012 at 12:15pm

But the description given is the exact same. How likely is it that he gave 2 hats signed with the same thing at the same time and yet they look different. Im not saying the 2nd one a year later looks so awful but they give the same story for both.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 21, 2012 at 12:30pm

If he threw more than one hat it's likely to have the same inscription. Is there video of him throwing it?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 21, 2012 at 6:44pm

TeamM,

You may bring this as a different discussion. I'd like this one to stick as close as possible to the topic at hand: the Michael Jackson autographs in the Tompkins & Bush sale.

Please, everyone: stick to the topic if you want to make a clear-cut case that gets the attention of Julien's and anyone else interested. The more the discussion goes off-topic, the more likely it is to be ignored.

Think of when you search the Internet. Do you want to follow the link with the most specialized info, or the one that consolidates everything, true or not?