I would buy with confidence if it's PSA/DNA'd. I've done a lot of research lately about them and I've found that they HAVE declared REAL autographs as non-authentic more times than people would like. However, they are very unlikely to declare a FAKE as authentic. This is a good thing. It means that they err on the side of caution and are pretty conservative.

One potential way to tell if you're getting a fake on ebay is to look at the sellers other Michael Jackson autographs. Are they on the same photograph over and over? I bought a PSA'd MJ autograph from a 10 year dealer on ebay about a month ago and I've noticed that this dealer hasn't sold ANY others like mine. In fact, this dealer started out with about 10 MJ autographed photos that a friend of his got IP via the bodyguard, whom he knew, and once those were sold, the seller had no more. They were all PSA'd. Because this seller isn't selling perpetual MJ autographs over and over and over tells me he's legit. Not to mention the fact that ALL of his MJ autos were PSA'd. And not to mention that ALL the signature REALLY DO LOOK LIKE MJ'S AUTOGRAPH WHEN SCRUTINIZED VERY CLOSELY. I hope this little long winded post helps....

wellthought wrote:Actually, Michael's autograph has changed dramatically over the years. Look at the cover of his "Thriller" album. That's a copy of his actual signature on that album (at THAT time in his life). His autograph for the last decade or so of his life hadn't changed much, but before that he actually penned legible letters in his signature.

I've heard that out of every 30 Michael Jackson autographs on eBay, only 1 is authentic.

If I were to buy an autograph, I would not even think about getting one on ebay.

I bet I could count the appearances he made on one hand. He was a reclusive type. So most of his so called IP are BS

Actually, Michael's autograph has changed dramatically over the years. Look at the cover of his "Thriller" album. That's a copy of his actual signature on that album (at THAT time in his life). His autograph for the last decade or so of his life hadn't changed much, but before that he actually penned legible letters in his signature.

Hiya,

As the others said, there are so many people saying they've ''met' Michael and got his auto. Many of Michael autographs for sale are FAKE!


Jen

ya, ryco was right, and guilder provided a comparison

Some recent authentic examples that were sold on autographworld to compare it too.

http://www.autographworld.com/auction/o ... ?id=348467
http://www.autographworld.com/auction/o ... ?id=350650
http://www.autographworld.com/auction/o ... ?id=350571
http://www.autographworld.com/auction/o ... ?id=350570

Unfortunately I have to agree with Rico, I think your autograph is not authentic. The overall look of the autograph is just different, especially the M and the J, and his writing outside of the M and J is very small, illegible in authentic examples but on yours it's fairly large. Also the slant of the autograph is off. Your autograph slants to the right and in authentic autographs it's more upright and even slightly to the left.

Here is another one I found on eBay and it looks very similar.


MikeK

@Ryco Don't just claim an autograph is fake or real, try to back up your opinion with proof and/or some kind of comparison. ;)

@MikeK I will do a comparison for your autograph this afternoon and provide you with some authentic examples to compare it to.

Hello!

That autograph is FAKE! not even close of what his autograph looks like.
i cant belive that people sell fakes to make a dollar.