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Selling Morrison check

I have a matted & framed cancelled check signed by Jim Morrison that I need to sell like yesterday. It was given to me by my director/writer/producer Tim Sullivan while we were working on "The Poet in Exile" film project (which has since gone into turnaround). It was given to him by the former owner of Morrison's Laurel Canyon home that he was also granting us permission to film in.

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Permalink Reply by Mikex on October 20, 2023 at 3:53am

I wouldn't buy anything behind glass. Even if the Pope was selling it. Especially something with a premium price tag

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Permalink Reply by Mikex on October 20, 2023 at 4:25am

JM checks sell for around $10k so proof of authenticity will have to be commensurate with the price tag. You would be better off selling it through RR auction.

Red flags

Cheap display and frame

Can't be taken out of frame

This is the first post of the seller

If it turns out to be a copy, the seller won't believe you.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 20, 2023 at 9:21am

Lee,

We don't allow member selling on Autograph Live at this time, but that's not clear in the signup form.

But we can tell you if what you have is likely genuine, what it's worth, and good ways to sell it quickly.

Just carefully remove it from the frame and take good images. The image that you posted is a blurry and low quality, like ones that are often used to sell forgeries.

And who would want to spend thousands on an item they can't even see completely?

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Permalink Reply by JackGotLucky on October 20, 2023 at 12:46pm

The signatures themselves are both in Jim's hand. The question is, whether this is "the" actual check he signed, or a high quality scan of the original one. Is the cancellation stamp of "PAID 10-28-69" actually punched through the check completely/are there holes? You have to take that check out of the frame and provide better images of it if you expect someone to buy it, period. If this is indeed "the" check/the authentic original, it could go for $12k-$15k+ in my opinion, being double signed. In today's market and based on recent past sales, "JMorrison" signed checks are currently going for between $8.5k-$10k+. A full name "Jim Morrison" signed check can fetch between $10.5k-$12k+. I've currently archived 219 authentic/accepted as genuine JDM signatures, and this is only the second time that I've seen Jim give us a very rare "James D. Morrison" sig. "If" it's "the" actual check, it would command a premium price...

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Permalink Reply by JMS1223 on October 20, 2023 at 1:45pm

Agree with the above. We need to verify that this is indeed the actual check and not a reproduction of it.

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Permalink Reply by JK on December 8, 2023 at 8:11pm

It's been posted in a subsequent thread that this check is a photocopy and the owner was looking for suggestions on how to dispose of it.

It's value is a tiny fraction of that of an original, but it would still be of interest to some people even as a copy.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on December 9, 2023 at 3:38pm

How to dispose of it? In the trash bin or in the river. Otherwise someone (again) might try to pass this off as the real deal -- not a copy.

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Permalink Reply by JMS1223 on December 9, 2023 at 4:34pm

You can simply write “COPY” on the back, or even somewhere less obtrusive on the front where it can still be enjoyed as a display piece but not accidentally (or intentionally) later passed off as real.