MJ's 'Thriller' Jacket -- Got $400k Layin' Around?!

[ForstAMoon]

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Michael Jackson's iconic red jacket from the "Thriller" video is hitting the auction block in Beverly Hills in a few weeks -- and it could be yours ... if you've got a spare $400,000 to blow.



The jacket -- which MJ personally autographed to his former costume designers -- is expected to fetch between $200k and $400k ... though we wouldn't be shocked if it soared past half a mil.

The jacket is one of several MJ items featured in the Julien's Auction event on June 25 and 26. Among the more interesting pieces -- the wig Michael wore at his "This Is It" news conference in London and a glove he wore at the American Music Awards.



The wig is expected to haul in between $4,000 and $6,000 -- and the glove is valued between $20k and $30k.

[TheMoonIsDancing]

I wish! I've got a Beat It jacket (not worn by MJ, but touched by him from a hug supposedly)

[Kristina4LOVE]

I would LOVE to buy the Thriller jacket!!! bounce/  bounce/  bounce/
The wig freaked me out for some reason  pale/

P.S I've seen one of his jackets framed at Hard Rock Cafe here in Dubai   It made me cry, i could not believe my own eyes, i was so happy!

[Andrea]

Gotta love the jacket's prominent reverse-pyramind / "V" shape.

It would look good on me, LOL.

[Miss.Peppers]

The wig freaks me out too...   seems a little too personal.   Who would want to buy a wig.

I cant explain why, but the wig doesnt seem right to be sold to me either.  Seems exploitative.

[mjintrigue2012]

Just a thought...maybe the wig being auctioned off is Michael's way of saying it was him and not a double at the O2.

love~
mjintrigue2012

[LoveNeedsExpression]

How do we know that wig was worn by MJ? I personally dont think it was MJ @ that Press Conference, and if he was there, he didnt deliever that speech. Anyways, thats neither here no there.

[LoveNeedsExpression]

Just a thought...maybe the wig being auctioned off is Michael's way of saying it was him and not a double at the O2.

love~
mjintrigue2012

Agreed!! Btw, getting a jacket, glove, or dance shoes. Something like that makes sense, but how the hell do you get some one's wig? Why would "MJ" give that wig away?

[paula-c]

The auction is June 25. I think that day  be a lot of information, all who are silente suddenly  speak :lol:

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[mjintrigue2012]

Thankyou @LoveNeedsExpression!

Agreed!! Btw, getting a jacket, glove, or dance shoes. Something like that makes sense, but how the hell do you get some one's wig? Why would "MJ" give that wig away?

The wig may may become a significant piece in Michael's HIStory! A little souvenir from THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!

[LoveNeedsExpression]

Thankyou @LoveNeedsExpression!

Agreed!! Btw, getting a jacket, glove, or dance shoes. Something like that makes sense, but how the hell do you get some one's wig? Why would "MJ" give that wig away?

The wig may may become a significant piece in Michael's HIStory! A little souvenir from THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!

I see that lol. The wig just made me laugh!

[scorpionchik]

I would love to have the glove, unfortunately can't afford it.  

[everlastinglove_MJ]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The jacket Michael Jackson wore in his "Thriller" video is hitting the auction block.

Auction administrator Darren Julien says the red and black leather jacket is "the most recognized and significant piece of pop culture" to come up for sale, and he expects it to fetch at least $200,000 at the Music Icons auction on June 25 and 26 at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills.

Jackson autographed the jacket as a gift to his longtime costume designers, Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush. He wanted them to use the small calfskin jacket as a template for his future concert fashions. A portion of the proceeds from its sale will benefit the Shambala Preserve, where Jackson's two Bengal tigers, Thriller and Sabu, have been living since the pop star left his Neverland ranch in 2006.

Other Jackson items up for sale include the wig he wore when he announced his ill-fated "This Is It" concert series in London, a fedora and spangled glove he wore on stage, his shirt from the "Scream" video and the battered mailbox from the Carolwood Drive estate where Jackson died at age 50 in 2009.

The Music Icons sale also includes one of Eric Clapton's guitars, Frank Sinatra's patent leather boots and 1986 Jaguar, handwritten lyrics and a leather jacket from Johnny Cash, jackets and a guitar from Elvis Presley, a signed harmonica from Bob Dylan and nearly 600 other pieces of music memorabilia from Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, The Beatles and others.

The collection will be on view free to the public from June 13 to 25 at Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills.
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It would be just fun to put on MJ's jacket and to look in the mirror only for a sec :lol:

TMZ is just posting a part of the story, I'm missing:

A portion of the proceeds from its sale will benefit the Shambala Preserve, where Jackson's two Bengal tigers, Thriller and Sabu, have been living since the pop star left his Neverland ranch in 2006.

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The Thriller jacket at auction could mean that the Thriller era has finished, a new era is about to start: Thriller II [/color]

[all4loveandbelieve]

I agree with all of you, the wig is very personal, they should not auction it. Why would someone buy hair? What proof do we have it was Michael at the O2 arena wearing the wig??