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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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mj art Mickey_Cooper Owen 15 Dec 14.jpg, 54 KB
MJ art Snow White Cooper Owen_15 Dec 14.jpg, 23 KB
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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 15, 2018 at 9:59pm

Eric,

I read your reply here and looked at the Michael Jackson signed drawing you're offering on eBay that Lizzie posted.

PSA/DNA, JSA and BAS (Beckett) are $100 or less to authenticate Michael Jackson's autograph, so you can afford to send it in if you want. I'd be surprised if any of them passed it, though.

I'm not a professional authenticator, but I've seen untold thousands of Michael Jackson autographs and I know them well. I hate to say it but in my opinion, your Michael Jackson autograph is definitely not real. I'm not going to comment on the art because that's not my field, just the autograph.

Lizzie and Wascher, who post regularly here on Michael Jackson autographs, probably know them even better than I do. Wascher definitely does. And both know his drawings well. If Lizzie doesn't think your signed drawing is real, I think you should take her opinion seriously.

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Permalink Reply by James T. on July 16, 2018 at 4:37pm

It's being sent in. I'll let you guys know the outcome.

You should give PSA a call.. I called them. It's not $100 or less FYI. It's a percentage.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 16, 2018 at 4:56pm

Michael Jackson is $100 on their website.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 16, 2018 at 4:57pm

A percentage of what?

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 16, 2018 at 11:38pm

Does PSA now do appraisals on items before authenticating(guessing) as to the authenticity?

Uh no they don’t.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 17, 2018 at 3:27am

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 15, 2018 at 10:01pm

You can get free opinions here. Some of the best Jackson folks reside here. I’d trust them more then somebody of the folks you had look at it.

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Permalink Reply by wascher on July 16, 2018 at 4:52am

HI Eric, Unfortunately your item was not drawn nor signed by MJ.

-wascher

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 16, 2018 at 6:48am

I read through Eric’s reply again. A few things that had me laughing.

Selling a forgery for $45k but writes “buy at your own risk”.

A sports memorabilia expert authenticated this for him but wanted $2K for a COA? Why would he authenticate it for free verbally and cost himself the $2K for the COA? What a horrible businessman. Almost as bad a businessman as accepting this as a deposit to build a cabin.

For somebody to try and come across as unknowing he sure is pretty versed in other people selling forgeries in Argentina.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say Eric knew full well what he was doing selling this forgery. Another EBAY crook out trying to rip people off. Generally super long wordy stories like these are a red flag for BS.

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Permalink Reply by James T. on July 17, 2018 at 4:02am

Ok Rick. For one. I buy sports cards often. I came across that guy on eBay and put two and two together.

Anyway. I'm sending it off to get authenticated. Not to prove you a******* wrong but obviously there's no way to sell this type of item without it. No PSA is not $100. I called them. They explained the process.

You can call them too.

And as far as business man. I have taken many items such as antiques as payment for extra work that someone couldn't afford. I wanted to start his project in spring but he didn't have the funds at the time. When you are from a small town Everyone knows everyone so it wasn't much of a gamble. I should have had this authenticated right away. And they guy who asked for 2k for a certification was a super red flag to me and that's why I didn't pay him.

So before you keep this forum going and Calling me a crook, I'd appreciate it if that would stop because im sending it off. I thought I would try to sell it and see if there were any offers.

I'll update everyone once I get the results. Until then I'd appreciate not being called a crook. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by James T. on July 17, 2018 at 5:12am

This is what I was told from PSA. It is $100 to authenticate the signature.

But just like card pricing, if I wanted to authenticate the art with the signature it's a percentage.

You send the item in with a value. Which they insure it for that also FYI. So it's good to do correct value you think it is. Otherwise you can say the value is $1.

Then if it's a fake, you pay 10% of $1. But if the art is real, they put a value to it. Which could be $50k let's just say. Then you pay that percentage before you get the item back. Same goes for sport cards etc.

This is what I was told. So yes I will send it in and just have the signature looked at.

I'm not an expert with any of this stuff. The cards I've sent in I did it through a local sports shop and they take care of it and I pay them 5 extra dollars per card. So by no means am i an expert. The chances that this is real are very low. But 4 k risk on a 75k job I was willing to chance it.

I'll be sending it off today after I talk with PSA again. So please have a little respect.

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Permalink Reply by Lizzie on July 21, 2018 at 4:06am

Do you know Michael's drawings? Michael left a 'legacy' of over 100 drawings, which were created with the intention of selling prints to raise money for a Children's hospital. The works were created on special paper. When the special paper supplies ran short, Michael drew on the reverse. Most of the drawings are signed. None of the signatures look like this. None of the drawings look like this. None of Michael's previously documented doodles from genuine sources with documentation showing definitive origins with Michael look like this. Authentication of artwork (as any art historian will tell you) requires provenance. There needs to be a checkable list of buyers and sellers back to the origin with Michael. The person who obtained the art from Michael should have evidence of the purchase / gift, and this should have been passed on to all subsequent buyers. Without this you are selling 'dreams'. You may find a buyer of dreams. Good luck!