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Michael Jackson B&W 10x8

I bought this photo years ago in my youth.

Its slightly light damaged from having it on my wall as a kid.

Any chance of it being real? What's people thoughts?

Any opinions much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Lewis

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on October 17, 2022 at 7:10am

Unfortunately this is not authentic in my opinion

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Permalink Reply by Lewis Reynolds on October 17, 2022 at 7:34am

Darn...thanks for the reply.

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Permalink Reply by Brian on October 17, 2022 at 7:41am

no sorry

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Permalink Reply by Lewis Reynolds on October 17, 2022 at 8:52am

Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 17, 2022 at 8:54am

No, sorry.

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Permalink Reply by Lewis Reynolds on October 17, 2022 at 9:05am

Think thats pretty conclusive! Heres a question..what does everyone do with fakes? Destroy I suppose?

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on October 17, 2022 at 1:47pm

That would definitely be the best option

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on October 17, 2022 at 1:55pm

Destroy or deface so it can not be sold as genuine. Writing "fake" would also be a plus appreciated down the line.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 17, 2022 at 2:08pm

I'd make them unsalable and keep them: rip off a section and write Fake near it but keep it for your exemplar file and education.

Having an autograph in your hands to evaluate and learn from is valuable. And you often can't tell if a genuine-looking autograph is truly genuine and not a reproduction until you have it in your hands.

One of the most valuable things is making sure that the item it's signed on makes sense for the time. There are at least hundreds of thousands of Mickey Mantle forgeries on inkjet photo paper. Office inkjet photo printers were first offered in August 1995. Mantle died on August 13, 1995. He was too sick to sign months before, and even if he could, he certainly couldn't sign many in his last days.