Contents of Michael Jackson’s Last Home Auctions for $1 Million

The contents of Michael Jackson’s final home went under the auction hammer this weekend, reaping three times pre-sale estimates for a total of close to $1 million.

Collectors bid on some 500 items from the home Jackson rented in Los Angeles while preparing for comeback concerts in London.

Among the highlights was a Victorian Revival-style bedroom suite that sold for $25,075. The set includes an armoire on whose ornate mirror the “Thriller” singer wrote a message in felt pen: “Train, perfection March April Full out May” — presumably a reference to rehearsals for London’s “This Is It” concerts set to start that July.

A pottery rooster holding a chalkboard with a note from Jackson’s children — Prince, Paris and Blanket — sold for $5,000.

“Anything associated with Michael Jackson is highly collectible,” auctioneer Darren Julien said in the lead-up to the auction.

The ornate headboard on the bed where Jackson’s body was found on June 25, 2009, was removed from the sale last month at the request of Jackson’s family.

No Doubt Holds Auction for Charity

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Now that No Doubt is busy recording their new album, the band has decided to put some costumes and vintage memorabilia to good use by auctioning the items for charity.

The auction will include costumes from No Doubt’s 2009 U.S. tour, instruments they have played on stage and in videos, out of print vinyl, drummer Adrian Young’s old “tuxedo” and other one-of-a-kind items from the No Doubt archives. Says No Doubt front-woman, Gwen Stefani, “The tour last summer was so amazing, it was exactly what we needed to inspire the new record. Now that we’re in the studio we wanted do something special for the fans who did so much for us. It’ll be really fun to share the costumes – they’re wicked. A lot of the stuff was really hard to part with, but the money we’ll be able to raise, together with the fans, will be worth it. These charities need us, badly. It means a lot to us as a band to be able to support all the hard work they do.” Read more

Michael Jackson Glove Sold At Auction

Michael Jackson’s famous rhinestone-studded glove was sold at an auction on Saturday.

The going price for the famous accessory? $350,000!

The glove was originally appraised at $60,000.

I wonder what he plans to do with the glove…

Bid On Elvis’s Clump Of Hair

A clump of Elvis Presley’s hair, given to Gary Pepper as president of the Tankers Fan Club to give to Elvis fans, is one of over 200 items that will be up for auction on Sunday, Oct. 18.

This weekend a separate auction by the Profiles in History in Calabasas, near Los Angeles, featured a guitar played by Elvis during his final Las Vegas performance, which was sold for $106,200. The iconic white glove worn by Michael Jackson on his 1984 Victory tour sold for a staggering $66,000.

Seriously what do you do with his hair? What would you do with it?

ELVIS PRESLEY POEM SELLS FOR 20,000.00!!

A short poem Elvis Presley wrote about a dead bird has sold at auction for a staggering $20,000.
The King of Rock scrawled the rhyme on a piece of paper after apparently killing a robin that perched on his window ledge.

The note, written on his own stationary, reads, “As I awoke this morning when all sweet things are born, a robin perched on my window sill to greet the coming dawn. He sang his sweet song so sweetly and paused for a moment’s lull, I gently raised the window and crushed his f**king skull.”

The poem was part of an online sale of Elvis memorabilia, which closed on Thursday. Other items sold in the auction include a jumpsuit he wore at a concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden, which went for $212,588.40, and the typed lyrics for his song Young and Beautiful, which went under the hammer for $1,155.60.