An auction featuring Michael Jackson memorabilia owned by the singer’s longtime costume designers Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush garnered more than $5 million in one day. However, the auction itself has appeared to have caused a little bit of controversy.
According to an NBC article some experts are questioning the authenticity of some of the signatures. Here are some highlghts of that article (FULL ARTICLE HERE):
“There’s a zero percent chance that that’s an authentic signature of Michael Jackson,” autograph authenticator Roger Epperson said after examining the signature on the jacket Goodman bought. “The slant of the ‘M’ in ‘Jackson’ leans towards the right. A real one leans more to the left. The shapes are wrong, the slants are wrong, the size is wrong.”
Three of the four experts said it was their opinions that all 11 signatures were probably fakes. “Likely Not Genuine” is how PSA/DNA characterized the 11 autographs. The fourth expert said eight of the autograph samples we sent were “not likely to be genuine,” and on three of them he was “unable to render an opinion.”
“All but a few autographs in the Tompkins and Bush sale (at Julien’s) are so bad they don’t even resemble Michael Jackson’s signature,” said Steve Cyrkin, editor of Autograph Magazine Live.
Michael Bush: “I don’t know how to respond to it,” he said. “I’m going to fake a bunch of signatures, a bunch of clothes, to destroy my reputation for 25 years of working for Michael? No, no.”
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