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Permalink Reply by JK on May 30, 2024 at 3:41pm

Not the same clothes.

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Permalink Reply by Willow Champ on May 30, 2024 at 5:01pm

So it's not just my eyes, lol. I'm unsure if the seller is getting around something by saying the photos are of them in similar clothes, but no, I'm thinking this is all fake stuff. My alarm went off by seeing the cheap (if they were real) prices and yet marked down even more. 

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 30, 2024 at 3:53pm

I do know anyone has to be extremely careful in buying such items.  There is a cottage industry of fake movie and television props on eBay.  I do not want to say this is the same, but I would not be comfortable unless there was a photograph of the person wearing the item.  Certainly, would advise asking tons of questions.  I did an article on here about fake movie and television props back in 2015.  Here is the link:

Fake Movie and Television Props and forged ELLIS PROP COA's - Autog...

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Permalink Reply by Willow Champ on May 30, 2024 at 4:52pm

THANK YOU! When I first began collecting around 1999, I bought some salt and pepper shakers "used on Bewitched," but later realized I was probably duped, a beginner's error. Now I stick a few subjects and learn a lot about those subjects.

Regarding this seller,  someone else asked them why they don't sell via consignment to the major auction houses, the seller said the big houses' seller fee is too high. But it seems to me that if you sell an item for the typical price for a Marilyn owned jacket on the big sites, and after fees, you're still way ahead than if you sell it very cheaply on ebay. 

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 30, 2024 at 7:04pm

Auction house fees are too high, but they cut their own prices by 50 percent because no one is bidding.  That has to say something right there, I think.  Bewitched and other shows were easy to "find" props for at Goodwill.  I have seen clear glass Aspirin bottles for sale with no labels at all.  If you are interested in Bewitched I have a discussion of the show here:

BEWITCHED AUTOGRAPHS - Autograph Live (autographmagazine.com)

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Permalink Reply by Willow Champ on May 30, 2024 at 7:54pm

That's what I thought, prices cut because the pros know the items are fake. 

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on May 30, 2024 at 5:02pm

Stay away from clothing. Period. Right on eBay you can buy a pair of JFK's tennis shorts or Jack Ruby's pants. First, I find clothing rather gross. Perspiration, cologne, food, and heaven only knows what else has been deposited on articles of clothing, unless they've been dry-cleaned. Of course, rings, jewelry, and watches are altogether different.

On one auction site a seller has what is supposed to be Judy Garland's make-up case. He said she forget it in her hotel room. Yeah, right! 

Unless the star's name is sewn in the label, I wouldn't touch any article of clothing. 

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Permalink Reply by Willow Champ on May 30, 2024 at 5:11pm

Clothing is kind of fun in my little collecting room as I have some plain style mannequins. I have a Liz Taylor top and skirt (from Christie's) that is nicer on display than in a box. It's rare that I look at celeb clothing on ebay, with ebay I stick with press photos and old magazines, but since I read about certain people close to the stars writing LOA's stating the star gifted it to them, I've been skeptical. I must've seen thousands of those letters. Whether the person bought thrift store items and sold them as s0-and-so's, or those LOAs have been copied by crooks, I don't know. 

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