Auction Date:2012 Jan 26 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Hand-drawn self-portrait given to a fan and six other fan items. A super fan of Michael Jackson—in fact, one who befriended the young singer during the early days of the Jackson 5's careers—was the original owner of this keepsake collection. The unnamed fan, who is one of the girls pictured in the 10 x 8 photo, grew up in Chicago where Michael met and showed an interest in her, inviting her to concerts, as well as his birthday parties. The hand-drawn self-portrait was a gift from Michael to her. The late pop music icon's penchant for drawing was evident at a very early age. Surviving sketches of Disney characters, Charlie Chaplin and others, created by Jackson during the early 1970s, certainly attest to his interest in artistry beyond the recording studio and concert stage. During the 1980s; however, Jackson's affinity for self-portraiture became a primary means of artistic expression; the caricature style coinciding with an obsession towards altering his appearance by means of plastic surgery. Jackson's friend and well-known plastic surgeon, Dr. Steven Hoefflin, whose soon to be published book will feature a series of Jackson drawings from 1985, relates “…he drew countless pictures of himself as a young boy and of the man he hoped he would grow up to be.” While it is common knowledge that Jackson made gifts of self-portraits to friends and fans from the very earliest days as a member of the Jackson 5, very few have actually appeared in the marketplace.
Also included: a homemade fan concert sign, on a 28 x 22 sheet of red poster board covered in clipped magazine and newspaper photos of Jackson and his family; a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Michael and one of his brothers posing with the recipient of the self-portrait and another female fan; a color satin-finish 7 x 5 photo taken at approximately the same time; a glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Jackson 5 on stage; a glossy 8 x 10 photo of Michael and a young Janet Jackson on stage; and a homemade double sided photo button. In very good condition, with a central vertical fold to sign, color photos slightly out of focus, and scattered surface marks to both glossy photos. The self-portrait sketch shows scattered storage folds and creases, toning, chipping to edges, red discoloration and soiling to upper portion of the image, otherwise very good.
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