Do you remember that red and black leather jacket? Yes, that jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the Thriller video, that jacket that made history and is now up for auction.
The king of pop had donated it to Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush and on 25 and 26 June it will be auctioned at Julien’s Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills. The value of the accessory? From $ 200,000 to $ 400.00. Only a few days to go until the second anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death and preparations are underway all over the world to celebrate the memory of the King of Pop. But June 25 will also mark an important date for memorabilia enthusiasts, who will be able to attend the auction sale of the famous red leather jacket worn by Jackson in the Thriller video. A jacket made even more precious by the fact that it was signed by the king of pop who gave it to his costume designers Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush. Why did that jacket make history? Well it’s simple, suffice it to say that Thriller is Michael Jackson’s sixth studio album, released in 1982, and with this record the singer achieved maximum notoriety. It is also the best-selling album in the history of music, with 113 million copies in assets since the year of its release and on average it still sells around 500,000 copies a year.
Thriller is also the only album in the history of music to have passed the fateful threshold of 100 million copies sold. But on June 25 and 26 in Beverly Hills not only the legendary red leather jacket will go to auction, but also a pop star’s glove (for only 20 thousand dollars), a hat used in the filming (very cheap at 2,000 dollars) and, finally , the wig used for the presentation of the “This is tour” (6,000 dollars). Part of the money obtained from the jacket will go to the Shambala reservation, the current home of the tigers who lived with Jackson in Neverland.
And how much would you be willing to spend on an heirloom of one of your myths?