Thursday, October 18, 2012

Jayne Mansfield at Julien's with Fake Photos

I'm sure that I am not the only one who has noticed that Julien's is currently auctioning off a few Jayne Mansfield bits and pieces. Has anyone else noticed that the Jayne Mansfield furniture they are selling comes with fake photographs? This is what it says in the one of the listings "Together with a black and white photograph of Jayne Mansfield in front of the piece." 

The only thing is that these photographs are very obviously photo-shopped. And I will show you what I mean below.

Set of draws currently up for auction
Photograph they are selling with the item
claiming that 'she is sitting in front of the piece'
Original photograph of Jayne sitting in front
of her 'Heart shaped Fireplace' in her bedroom
before carpeting was put down.

The second listing is for Jayne Mansfield owned dinning room furniture. This listing also comes with fake photographs, this time two of them.

Sideboard currently at auction
Photograph which comes with the item
The real photograph of Jayne shows she is in fact admiring art
Also in the listing is a table and a photo of Jayne sitting at the table, only the photograph used is one of Jayne getting her make up done during the filming of The Fat Spy.

I'm not saying that the furniture is fake. It probably is authentic. I think that if you are interested in bidding on these items it would be best to get in contact with Julien's and discuss the steps they took to authenticate the items. What I am appalled by is the fact that these photos which come with the items are very much so photo-shopped and not even done well at that. You would think that a place as prestigious as Julien's could tell a badly photo-shopped image.

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