Aguttes Auction house is presenting 50 items owned by Michael Jackson in Pop Culture + Memorabilia: Michael, and they will also be sold off.
A haul of Michael Jackson memorabilia could fetch up to €1,000,000 at auction.
The King of Pop’s white Swarovski rhinestone glove, which he donned on the Bad World Tour concerts from 1987 until 1989, and threw during rehearsals for the July 14, 1988, gig at Wembley Stadium, London, is set to go under the hammer for an estimated €100,000 – €150,000 at Aguttes Auction house in Paris on June 3.
It is one of 50 items owned by the Thriller legend – who died in June 2009 aged 50 – that are presented in an “immersive biopic” exhibition called Pop Culture + Memorabilia: Michael from May 30 to June 2.
As well as the glove, the catalogue’s other headline pieces are the prototype number two of the Pepsi commercial (€100,000 and €150,000), and the T-shirt worn in Scream with Michael’s now 59-year-old sister Janet Jackson (€20,000 / €30,000).
Other big pieces in the auction are his famous red Dior cardigan (€8,000 / €12,000), a hat used on the Victory Tour in 1984 (€6,000 / €9,000), drawings (€3,000 / €5,000) and autographs (€1,000 / €1,200).
The lots also feature shirts worn by Michael (€600 / €800 each), his personal Swarovski Bill Whitten pillow (€400 / €600),
Arthur Perault, Head of the Pop Culture + Memorabilia Department, said: “More than a sale, this event offers a physical encounter with genius.
“By auctioning this unique ensemble, we are not selling objects; we are offering the key to a myth. It is the rare moment when the legend becomes tangible.”
The items come from the collection of Richard Fossaas, a Norwegian collector who spent his entire life gathering Michael Jackson memorabilia with the aim of establishing a museum.
Eventually, a private collector from New York acquired a significant selection of these items, which he has now entrusted to the auction house Aguttes.
Pop Culture + Memorabilia: Michael’s exhibition-sale will unfold in three acts – The Foundations and the Rise of the Icon (1979–1984), The Commercial Peak and the Epic Tours (1987–1995), and The Later Years and Charity Work (1996–2003).
It is presented this way to retrace the Billie Jean hitmaker’s artistic and personal journey.
Arthur added: “Curating this exhibition-sale is an extraordinary privilege.
“Michael Jackson remains the undisputed King of Pop, surrounded by an aura that is both mystical and mythical.
“Structuring this retrospective is like a biopic, and is a way of paying tribute to his absolute genius: reliving his trajectory through the objects that carried his story and magnified his legend.”
The exhibition runs from Saturday, May 30, to Tuesday, June 2.
The public auction takes place on June 3, and it will be broadcast live on Aguttes.com.
Collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia may fetch up to €1m at auction
