Video: Michael Jackson's jacket sold at auction for $ 298 thousand
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In the United States of America, the Julien's Auctions auction took place, during which the legendary Michael Jackson's jacket was sold. This is the black jacket he wore in 1987-1989. during his Bad Tour, which became his first solo music tour. The buyer who made the last bid for this lot agreed to pay $ 298,000 for this jacket. This price turned out to be three times higher than what the appraisers called. This was reported in the Daily Mail.
This news outlet noted that Michael Jackson's jacket was put up for auction by Milton Verrett, a philanthropist and businessman from America. In addition to this jacket, other things were put up for auction. In total, he decided to sell one hundred items that are among the memorabilia from his rock 'n' roll collection. Among them was Prince's guitar, an American musician. This musical instrument turned out to be of interest to the public who took part in the auction, since it is the instrument with which the Prince performed at his last concerts in 2016.
They sold this guitar for 156 thousand dollars. The jacket of this singer was also inserted into the auction. This piece of clothing proved to be attractive because the musician played in it in the film titled "Purple Rain" in 1984. It was bought at auction for 37.5 thousand dollars.
Not all funds will be received by the businessman who put these lots up for auction. A portion of the sale of each lot will go to MusicCares. This is the name of a charitable foundation dedicated to helping musicians.
Michael Jackson's jacket has become the most interesting lot. All things related to it, when they get to the auction, are usually sold at very high prices. The pop musician himself is recognized as the most successful performer in the entire history of this musical direction. During his career, he won the prestigious Grammy 15 times, not to mention numerous other awards. Michael Jackson also managed to get into the Guinness Book of Records 25 times. About one billion copies of his music have been sold worldwide. It is worth remembering that quite recently his name was already mentioned in prestigious publications. Since even after the death of Michael Jackson, his work brings a lot of income to relatives and heirs. Over the past year, his work has earned $ 400 million, which allowed him to lead the rating of people whose cultural heritage brings high income even after their death.
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