Michael Jackson glove brings $330,000 at auction
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — Items from Michael Jackson’s stage wardrobe, including one of the King of Pop’s famous gloves, attracted furious bidding at an auction of celebrity memorabilia in Beverly Hills.
Julien’s Auctions says a lone glove worn by Jackson during the Bad tour in the late 1980s sold for $330,000 at the Icons & Idols auction Saturday night. A jacket signed by Jackson brought in $96,000 and a fedora he wore on stage went for $72,000 at the Julien’s Auctions event.
Other highlights from the auction were an X-ray of Albert Einstein’s brain, which brought $38,750, and a pair of Marilyn Monroe’s empty prescription bottles sold for $18,750.
A military-style jacket worn by John Lennon for a 1966 Life Magazine photo shoot sold for $240,000.
Julien’s Auctions says the two-day event brought in more than $3 million.
