Petrarose
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Re: Juliens Auction Dec 2 - The Collection of Tompkins and Bush Auction
But why did Michael sign all these toys/non clothing items and give to Bush? Did Bush say why? OK I could see the clothing because Bush made them, but signing these other items for Bush needs some story behind it.
The thing I do not like about Juliens, is that they tend to accept objects from people who do not own them. Take for instance Lisa's letter form Michael and that hat Fides tried to have auctioned.
About Bush, we really do not know anything about him. He was never part of the Michael dialog among fans. We knew he and his partner made the clothes, but he was not a key figure that we followed, so anything is possible, because we do not know what type of person he is. We can't even attest to his character, because we do not know. Next, after people die, sometimes those left behind find ways to make money off what they have access to that belonged to the dead person. This is one of these situations.
About the estate, I see some are trying to blame them, but they were never a party to this. Bush claimed these belonged to him and made a deal with Juliens. The estate has no contractual relationship with Juliens here. I think they should stay out of it, to avoid being dirty up. Let this be between Juliens and Bush only, if there is fraud here. If the estate wants to do some quiet investigation on the side, then by all means, but I think they should make no statements about this until some hard facts emerge. Then they could sue Juliens and Bush for potential damage of the Michael label, etc. We already have Randy involving the estate in this last caper, so the estate has to be cautious here.
Memefan I too wish I had bought some little thing so I could be a ligit buyer and ask Juliens for some sort of proof.
But why did Michael sign all these toys/non clothing items and give to Bush? Did Bush say why? OK I could see the clothing because Bush made them, but signing these other items for Bush needs some story behind it.
The thing I do not like about Juliens, is that they tend to accept objects from people who do not own them. Take for instance Lisa's letter form Michael and that hat Fides tried to have auctioned.
About Bush, we really do not know anything about him. He was never part of the Michael dialog among fans. We knew he and his partner made the clothes, but he was not a key figure that we followed, so anything is possible, because we do not know what type of person he is. We can't even attest to his character, because we do not know. Next, after people die, sometimes those left behind find ways to make money off what they have access to that belonged to the dead person. This is one of these situations.
About the estate, I see some are trying to blame them, but they were never a party to this. Bush claimed these belonged to him and made a deal with Juliens. The estate has no contractual relationship with Juliens here. I think they should stay out of it, to avoid being dirty up. Let this be between Juliens and Bush only, if there is fraud here. If the estate wants to do some quiet investigation on the side, then by all means, but I think they should make no statements about this until some hard facts emerge. Then they could sue Juliens and Bush for potential damage of the Michael label, etc. We already have Randy involving the estate in this last caper, so the estate has to be cautious here.
Memefan I too wish I had bought some little thing so I could be a ligit buyer and ask Juliens for some sort of proof.
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