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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 1, 2019 at 11:26am

It looks real to me. Let's see what others say.

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Permalink Reply by Elisha Glenn on July 1, 2019 at 11:42am

Thank you so much for responding back to me. Would you be able to tell me how much it's worth, and how is can go about getting it authenticated

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 1, 2019 at 11:51am

First, let's wait to see what others say. Some may not agree with me. Great forgeries come out from time to time and others may recognize this as one. 

For pricing, please post full photos front and back to get estimates. 

Authentication is about $100, but you can probably sell it without any to experienced MJ collectors. You want to make sure you get a fair price, though.

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Permalink Reply by Prashant Kaushik on July 1, 2019 at 6:52pm

Steve...

It looks good BUT it may be a replica/copy.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 1, 2019 at 7:23pm

True. It's old and I haven't seen one before so I didn't zoom in. Have you seen one?

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Permalink Reply by James on July 1, 2019 at 10:45pm

I’m inclined to think it’s real as well.  As Prashant notes, it’s important to makes sure the autograph is above the photo and not part of it.  I have been burned this way a few years back.

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Permalink Reply by Ru007 on July 2, 2019 at 12:16am

Any tips on how to tell if it has ink on it?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 2, 2019 at 6:03am

Look at the photo and see if you can tell any difference in the way the light reflects off the unsigned part of the photo and the signature. 

Zooming in, I think that it could be a copy, but we need better images. The one posted is a highly degraded JPEG.

It's not a preprint that I've seen before and it's a 1980-ish shot and the photo condition looks that old. If it's a copy, it was made long ago.

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Permalink Reply by Ivo on July 3, 2019 at 6:06am

It looks good to me, too.
It looks like it's a copy BUT it's in a protective case and that makes it seem like it's a copy in my opinion!
Here is the link to the auction:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/signed-michael-jackson-picture/36268988995...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 3, 2019 at 6:18am

Ivo,

It’s not in a protective case, it’s bowed. Once I looked at a close-up, I do think it’s a print, but I’ve never seen one like that before. It’s a 30 or so year-old photo, and looks every day of it, so it didn’t occur to me that it could be a print.

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Permalink Reply by Ivo on July 3, 2019 at 7:00am

Steve,

I think that it is in a plastic Cover / Case
here you can see it better

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 3, 2019 at 7:27am

I didn't realize that the photo was in a holder! You're right then, it could be an actual signed photo.

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