First Nicolas Cage, now John Travolta: Is this a photo of the Grease star in 1860?

[B-17engineer]

Alright so this morning one of my family members must have been reading this cause it was open when I went on the computer. I think its pretty cool on how similar they look.

He is a member of the Church of Scientology, which believes in reincarnation and asks some members to sign one billion year contracts of service.
And one photograph collector in Ontario, Canada, claims he has found a picture of John Travolta from a previous incarnation in 1860.
The 150-year-old photo of a man who looks remarkably like Travolta has been put up for sale on eBay.

'I've had this interesting photograph for years and I've been unable to part with it,' the seller said on the auction site.
'When you look at it and into the eyes of the sitter you will see what I mean!

I believe this is the photograph of a very young John Travolta taken around 1860... This is a ruby glass ambrotype photograph and it is one of a kind.
'It hasn't been changed, tampered with or altered in anyway. It is clear and is as nice as the day it was taken roughly 151 years ago.
The photo is listed at $50,000 or nearest offer, and while it has a large price tag comes with free shipping and gift wrapping.

The listings comes after another antique dealer joked that he has a photo that is proof Nicolas Cage is more than just an a-list actor - he's also a vampire who lived during the American Civil War.
The eBay seller claims to have a 4" by 2.5" carte de visite photo from around 1870 of a man who looks exactly like the 47-year-old star of Con Air, Ghost Rider and The Rock.
The seller, who has put the starting price at $1million, says the photo is 100 per cent genuine and was taken of a man who lived in Bristol, Tennessee, around the time of the Civil War.
The man who put the photo on eBay is Jack Mörd, of Seattle, Washington, whose Facebook page says he is originally from Los Angeles, California, and owns 'The Thanatos Archive'.
'My theory is that he allows himself to age to a certain point, maybe 70, 80 or so, then the actor "Nicolas Cage" will "die",' Mr Mörd joked.

But in reality, the undead vampire "Nicolas Cage" will have rejuvenated himself and appeared in some other part of the world, young again, and ready to start all over.'
The picture was found in the back of an album that contained many unusual death portraits from the Civil War era - but the Nicolas Cage lookalike was not identified by name, Mr Mörd said.
He has a 100 per cent positive feedback rating on eBay and his profile says he is interested in collecting and selling Victorian Era post-mortem photography, as well as other vintage pictures.
The eBay product description for 'Nicolas Cage is a Vampire / Photo from 1870 / Tennessee' says: 'Original c.1870 carte de visit showing a man who looks exactly like Nick Cage.
'This is not a trick photo of any kind and has not been manipulated in Photoshop or any other graphics program.
'It's an original photo of a man who lived in Bristol, TN, sometime around the Civil War.'
It is believed the photo was taken by a confederate Civil War prisoner of war photographer called Professor G.B. Smith.
Mr Mörd joked that Nicolas Cage could be a walking undead man who reinvents himself once every 75 years - and might be looking at going into politics or talk show hosting next.

Read more: Nicolas Cage first, now John Travolta's 1860 doppelganger photo on eBay | Mail Online

Im not saying I believe in reincarnation just thought it was cool.

 

[Crimea_River]

Smells like a scam to me. Too many zeros on those prices.

 

[razor1uk]

Forgaries..?

 

[tyrodtom]

I can see differences in both pictures. Travolta's look alike has different lips, and appears to have no chin dimple. Cage's look alike's ears are completely different.

 

[razor1uk]

Well spotted, not either is an identical twin in looks, but both share some similar physical traits or what we percieve as similar enough to be doppelgangers of Cage Travolta...

I suppose that as humanity has noticed some similarities across generations of similar 'personalities' cycling back round, the convenience of star signs and alignments acting as a grouping of traits and the DNA encoded programming of the arranging elements etc; they could well likely be real pictures, but to charge so much for them is either as a joke, or belittles their authenitcity.

As random as we think DNA is, were still 78% (or its 87%) banana, i.e, the internal structure of the banana fruit, is similar on much smaller scale to our muscle fibre bundles afaik, so with say a few percent covering humanity in all its guises, it's be Dr.Spock logiclal to assume that occasional features and traits do repeat from time to time in the human program.

 

[Crimea_River]

Will have to check if there's a Lady Gaga in any of my old family portraits. Could be worth a couple of mil.

 

[Wayne Little]

some weird sh!t....

 

[stona]

Will have to check if there's a Lady Gaga in any of my old family portraits. Could be worth a couple of mil.

Very good! I've searched the family archives too.I have found a picture of my mum and my Aunt (twin sisters) taken in India in the early 1930s and they both look very much like a young Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth! Good news as I could do with a few extra quid.

This is a classic example of our human ability to read more into a coincidence than there really is in it.

Cheers
Steve

 

[T Bolt]

They're probably related in some distant way. I have a cousin that's a dead ringer for pictures of my mother when she was young.

 

[Gnomey]

They're probably related in some distant way. I have a cousin that's a dead ringer for pictures of my mother when she was young.

True that. Still just a bunch of people looking to make a quick buck...

 

[B-17engineer]

Smells like a scam to me. Too many zeros on those prices.

Mmm not a scam. I think its overpriced but its something I could see some nut shelling out money for.

 

[muller]

We have a photo of my great-great grandmother, she died in Wicklow in 1899, she was the spitting image of actress Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz!

And a mate of mine has two portrait photo's of his great-grandmothers uncle and his wife who emigrated to Boston Ma. in the 1880's. This great-great-granduncle (?) who's about 30 in the photo looks exactly like my mate, except for the huge moustache!