Jackson clothes fetch over USD 400,000 at auction

[skinz]

Jackson clothes fetch over USD 400,000 at auction

Jackson clothes fetch over USD 400,000 at auction - Yahoo! India News

London, Dec 6 (PTI) ''King of Pop'' Michael Jackson''s glove and hat from his 1980s ''Bad'' tour wardrobe were sold for over USD 400,000 in an auction. The fedora from the Michael Jackson collection sold for USD 72,000 and a glove which reached USD 330,000 through Julien''s Auctions as part of their ''Icons and Idols'' sale in Beverly Hills on Saturday, Contactmusic reported.

A jacket signed the ''Thriller'' hitmaker, who died from acute Propofol intoxication aged 50 June last year, was sold for USD 96,000. Over 100 items from Jackson''s life and career including a custom-made costume for his friend and companion Bubbles, the chimp, went under the hammer.

Late Beatles legend John Lennon''s gold-braided military jacket - made famous in an iconic 1966 Life magazine photo shoot - reached USD 240,000, exceeding its estimated word of USD 150,000 and USD 200,000. An X-ray of Albert Einstein''s brain went for USD 38,750, while a pair of screen legend Marilyn Monroe''s empty prescription bottles, sold for USD 18,750.

 

[stevie1ball]

And they say there is no money around, just goes to show that if your famous then anything will be worth money once you've died irrespective of what it is.

 

[Napster]

i got a pair of soiled boxer i can auction off, who's going to start the bidding