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U.S. Marshals Still Undecided On Of Fate Jesse Jackson Jr. Items After Canceled Auction

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(CBS) -- The U.S. Marshals Service says it's still trying to decide what to do with a dozen items once owned by former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. - including some apparently fake memorabilia.

U.S. Marshals Still Undecided On Fate Of Jackson Items

The plan had been to auction off those items, fur coats, capes and memorabilia.

But then came word from the federal marshals service that a guitar that was supposedly signed by Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen might not have been signed by them after all.

So the auction was cancelled a month ago.

That auction would've helped pay down the three-quarters of a million dollars Jesse Jackson Jr. admitted he took from his campaign funds.

Jackson is expected to report to federal prison next month to begin his 2-and-a-half-year sentence.

The Marshals Service says it'll wait until next month to decide what to auction off - if anything - and any fakes, it may just destroy.

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