Morrissey (unseen) passport photos - included in microphone auction by former tour manager Phil Griggs

Morrissey's stage microphone was recently auctioned and included never before seen passport photos.

Details:
A Shure brand Beta 58A microphone that was stage-used by Morrissey between 2000 and 2005. The microphone is housed in its original Shure microphone case which has a label attached with the word "MOZ" written on it. The microphone was previously owned by Phil Griggs, Morrisey's tour manager and sound engineer. Also included is a passport folder with three passport sized color photos of Morrissey.

Link here.

Edit:
Re: passport photos:
OP: "I upscaled them with AI."

 

[hand in glove]

Don’t let the brown eyes fool you…

 

[johnny marr is sh*t]

Don’t let the brown eyes fool you…

Oh man, you're certainly in the right.
what a hell of an auction, is it April's fools already?

 

[Loup]

I upscaled them with AI.

Why ??? Just give them as is without making any change on your own. This looks uncanny as hell

 

[Loup]

The first auction has a (possibly) redacted letter - so a bit of provenance, but there's a whole other world of oddities attributed to Morrissey - all of which probably require a bucket of salt and zero money shelled out.

Similar item:
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With black sharpie candid as proof of silver pen signature:

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Morrissey lead singer of The Smiths microphone signed with proof

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Same place flogging:
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With 'proof':
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Which coincidentally, Morrissey then rewrote on a guitar ().
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Here's some 'proof' for that:
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All of the above are the tip of the iceberg in relation to dodgy items.
Caveat emptor.
FWD.

Morrissey doesn't write or draw nearly as badly as that.
Look at the differences – he's actually a good drawer.

EDIT - The third attachment includes a stamp of what's on the cover of Love Zombies by The Monochrome Set.

This is an interesting link to consult which showcases many letters sent by Morrissey : https://illnessasart.com/2020/07/11/words-by-morrissey-pen-pal-letters/

 

[Lujan369]

It's clear it's not the eyes. Morrissey's eyes are blue. Neither is his mouth ..... He is a fraud!! Why do they publish something like that? And on top of that, they say I improve it with AI .naaa. It's so obvious it's not Moz!!!!!!Que berretasss

 

[Thewlis]

Phil Griggs and the microphone are definitely real.

 

[gordyboy9]

provenance on anything can be challenged,an expert on a programme i watched said 95 percent of aurographs on ebay are fake.something like the tambourine even if it was fake would still be a talking point if you had it hanging on your wall.

 

[FactChecker]

I don't think the hairline is historically accurate. That's roughly where it was in 1997, but he had more hair a few years later.

 

[Redacted]

It kind of looks like if Morrissey and Gustavo had a baby

 

[William Fisher]

Morrissey doesn't write or draw nearly as badly as that.
Look at the differences – he's actually a good drawer.

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“There’s a good boy” crops up in a song ~45 years later.

 

[marred]

These are never before seen passport photos alright. I dare say Morrissey has never seen them before either, because they are beyond the uncanny valley.

 

[marred]

I upscaled them with AI.

Congratulations on making them look awful.

 

[Leroy]

f***ing hilarious. That is NOT Morrissey in the photos.
Wtf is wrong with people?!?!

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

Smells like AI crap in here.

 

[BookishBoy]

Reminds me of that New Order song, "Oh you've got green eyes, oh you've got blue eyes, oh you've got...AI"

 

[Orange Crush]

Of course it's him. Don't be so stoopid.

 

[Raphael Lambach]

The brown eyes are bizare.

 

[Mimi Ramone]

With the enlarged photo with brown eyes I'm torn between "nice very quiet next door neighbour" who would hold the door open for you, but won't say a word and serial killer nobody would've expected ^^

Seriously, I couldn't imagine why anybody would have passport photos of him lying around...strange, they don't seem real. On the other hand, passport photos often look a little bit off compared to normal photos, but certainly not with the wrong eye colour. Maybe he is a spy

 

[ACTON]

Scraping the barrel. This is the kind of junk (possibly not even legit) that should be placed carefully into a plastic bag and dumped in a non-recycle bin.

 

[William Fisher]

Roger Federer?