Joe P
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Greetings from Joe Pawich; just a noob, but I like what you've got going on here. I wanted to share the 2 centerpieces of my small Muppet collection and am hoping fellow fans/collectors in the know can offer opinions as to their authenticity.
Both came from Ebay; the first (as seen in my avatar) is a framed prop photo that was advertised as having been used in 2011's "The Muppets":
A similar pic can be seen in select scenes in Miss Piggy's dressing room, and again here in her dressing room as seen on display at the movie's premiere at the El Capitan:
The frames and base pictures look the same; the only reason I might question whether they were is because the last picture almost looks like it could have writing in the upper right corner, which mine does not. What do you think? In the movie, you can't see it closely enough to be sure. The seller, edwinstoys2000, said he purchased it in a prop lot sale in California and certainly had a number of other photos which could be spotted in the movie, so it seemed legit. Wish I knew for sure, but either way, it's a nice piece for the price I paid. And if in fact it was the same pic from Miss Piggy's dressing room, the surreal nature of having it in my room is not lost on me.
The other is this:
Again, no way to guarantee its authenticity. It came from a seller who dealt in autographs, mailed it from an actual name and address and issued his own COA. The autograph(s) seemed similar in nature to other Henson examples. The lure of owning something signed by 2 of my favorite icons proved too much, and again, for what I paid, I felt it was more than worth the risk.
If it was just Henson's autograph, I'd say the chances of it being fake would be greater. The addition of Kermit's would seem to make it too long and complex to convincingly duplicate. But for those of you who deal in Henson autographs, what do you think? Would this pass an initial sight test for you? Would an LP be an odd, random object to fake an autograph on? Should the good price I got it for be considered luck or for good reason?
Thanks for the look, and any feedback would be appreciated.
Keep Calm and Muppet On;
Joe
Both came from Ebay; the first (as seen in my avatar) is a framed prop photo that was advertised as having been used in 2011's "The Muppets":
A similar pic can be seen in select scenes in Miss Piggy's dressing room, and again here in her dressing room as seen on display at the movie's premiere at the El Capitan:
The frames and base pictures look the same; the only reason I might question whether they were is because the last picture almost looks like it could have writing in the upper right corner, which mine does not. What do you think? In the movie, you can't see it closely enough to be sure. The seller, edwinstoys2000, said he purchased it in a prop lot sale in California and certainly had a number of other photos which could be spotted in the movie, so it seemed legit. Wish I knew for sure, but either way, it's a nice piece for the price I paid. And if in fact it was the same pic from Miss Piggy's dressing room, the surreal nature of having it in my room is not lost on me.
The other is this:
Again, no way to guarantee its authenticity. It came from a seller who dealt in autographs, mailed it from an actual name and address and issued his own COA. The autograph(s) seemed similar in nature to other Henson examples. The lure of owning something signed by 2 of my favorite icons proved too much, and again, for what I paid, I felt it was more than worth the risk.
If it was just Henson's autograph, I'd say the chances of it being fake would be greater. The addition of Kermit's would seem to make it too long and complex to convincingly duplicate. But for those of you who deal in Henson autographs, what do you think? Would this pass an initial sight test for you? Would an LP be an odd, random object to fake an autograph on? Should the good price I got it for be considered luck or for good reason?
Thanks for the look, and any feedback would be appreciated.
Keep Calm and Muppet On;
Joe