Michael Jackson: Auction [Paperback]

Arno Bani (Author)

Book Description

Series: Auction | Publication Date: November 15, 2010

700 never-before-published photographs of the King of Pop by Arno Bani: artistic, unique, exceptional images.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Hachette Livre (Acc) (November 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2812303700
• ISBN-13: 978-2812303708
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Very Satisfied!!, November 21, 2010

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Princec5 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Michael Jackson: Auction (Hardcover)

I had extremely high expectations with this book more then anything else released this year. I have been collecting tons and tons of MJ items over the past decade, and I have never seen such a terrible book. I will be fair and say that I really loved the cover of the book, but aside from that I was not pleased with the contents inside. I have never seen a professional photographer put those type of low quality proofs in a book at that price. If this book was 10 dollars or less then maybe I could have understood that. In my opinion, this book proved to be another thing using MJ's name to make money off of the drooling fans like myself who are desperate for any type of unreleased and unseen projects that involved the late great Michael Jackson.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful, November 27, 2010

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This review is from: Michael Jackson: Auction (Paperback)

The Michael Jackson: Auction book was absolutely terrible. As I understood the book to say this was a "secret " pboto shoot in order to get photos for the "Invincible" album. Thank goodness Michael did not use these photos. I also heard somewhere that he himself did not like them, which is why they were kept in a safe, locked away. The only reason these pictures came to light is so Arno Bani can get some sort of compensation for them. But these pictures are absolutely dreadful. I loved Michael, but the truth is the truth. The makeup was done in a overly heavy hand, the lighting was too harsh on some and too dim on others, making it difficult for Michael to pick good pictures. He eventually picked 4 which in turn were never used for "Invincible". Only the very rich and bored will buy these pictures at the auction because they will be considered collectors items because of their scarcity of quantity, not quality.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice for the collection, but, hardly typical MJ, November 28, 2010

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Kerryah (Port Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Michael Jackson: Auction (Paperback)

This is a nice item for MJ collectors, of which I am one, and there is nothing negative about it (apart from the severe short haircut, yuk). It is an auction catalog rather than a book, which should be borne in mind by anyone intended to fork out money for it. I am so pleased that INVINCIBLE had different photography however, since I love the dance collage of images of Michael in that - truly iconic. These, by Bani, are curiosities, and 'art' but hardly classic MJ. I wonder at the true story behind their being buried in a vault until this point in time... after Michael has passed? Did he really not like them, as one reviewer has suggested? Or were they considered too 'inaccessible' for the public and average fan to appreciate? Was it the label's choice, or Michael's to not use them? If Michael loved them so much, why didn't he do something else with them? It's interesting that, with all the effort that has gone into taking/creating these photos, many unposed photos of Michael taken by the media or his friends and associates are so much nicer - without all the airbrushing and artistic, painterly effects. I think that says a lot. MJ had some favourite photographers he asked to shoot him for various projects... specially as late as 2007 for L'Uomo Vogue and Ebony (Ebony Special Tribute: Michael Jackson In His Own Words). The results in these instances are fun, stunning and typically MJ. Bani's photos are more what a painter does with a model... dressing him up to be something other than he actually is. But, that's just my opinion, folks. Take it or leave it.