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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket: The original is for sale
If you wanted a Michael Jackson "Thriller" jacket in the 1980s, all it took was a trip to the mall. Now, owning the jacket Jackson wore in the groundbreaking 1983 "Thriller" music video means a trip to an auction house and a minimum bankroll in the neighborhood of $400,000.
The red-and-black calf leather "Thriller" jacket is the featured item in a music memorabilia auction to be held June 25 and 26 in Beverly Hills. It was given to Jackson by his longtime costume designers, Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush, and the singer brought it back to them to be used as a costume reference for the subsequent "Thriller" concerts, according to Julien's Auction Gallery. It is inscribed on the inside lining "To Bush and Dennis, All My Love, Michael Jackson," with the sleeve also signed "Love Michael Jackson."
The auction gallery expects the jacket to go for $200,000 to $400,000, with a portion of the proceeds earmarked for the Shambala Preserve, where MJ's Bengal tigers, Thriller and Sabu, have been living since he left Neverland Ranch in 2006.
Cont'd at Link:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/06/michael-jackson-thriller-jacket-auction-thriller-video.html
If you wanted a Michael Jackson "Thriller" jacket in the 1980s, all it took was a trip to the mall. Now, owning the jacket Jackson wore in the groundbreaking 1983 "Thriller" music video means a trip to an auction house and a minimum bankroll in the neighborhood of $400,000.
The red-and-black calf leather "Thriller" jacket is the featured item in a music memorabilia auction to be held June 25 and 26 in Beverly Hills. It was given to Jackson by his longtime costume designers, Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush, and the singer brought it back to them to be used as a costume reference for the subsequent "Thriller" concerts, according to Julien's Auction Gallery. It is inscribed on the inside lining "To Bush and Dennis, All My Love, Michael Jackson," with the sleeve also signed "Love Michael Jackson."
The auction gallery expects the jacket to go for $200,000 to $400,000, with a portion of the proceeds earmarked for the Shambala Preserve, where MJ's Bengal tigers, Thriller and Sabu, have been living since he left Neverland Ranch in 2006.
Cont'd at Link:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/06/michael-jackson-thriller-jacket-auction-thriller-video.html
