The leather-based jacket worn by Michael Jackson to movie a Pepsi advert almost 40 years in the past has offered at a London public sale for £250,000 ($306,000).
Jackson wore the jacket to movie a Pepsi advert in 1984, sizzling off the heels of his record-breaking success with the Thriller album. The Pepsi advertisements grew to become infamous for an incident wherein Jackson’s hair caught hearth whereas filming, leaving him with severe burns. He later mentioned his ache treatment for his accidents was what triggered his dependence on prescription treatment.
The jacket was one among greater than 20 objects, together with a jacket initially worn by George Michael and a hairpiece belonging to Amy Winehouse, plus objects related to David Bowie, Oasis and The Beatles, that have been offered at public sale Friday.
Other objects within the public sale included ones linked to Elvis Presley, Queen and Johnny Marr, previously of The Smiths. There was additionally a Gibson guitar that beforehand belonged to AC/DC’s Angus Young, and a restricted version Yellow Submarine Beatles jukebox.
George Michael’s jacket – seen within the video he recorded with Aretha Franklin for the hit I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) – offered for £93,750 ($115,000), much more than the best information worth of £60,000.
This shouldn’t be the primary sale of memorabilia belonging to Jackson. A black fedora hat he wore simply earlier than debuting his distinctive moonwalk dance in 1983 was offered in September at public sale in Paris for €77,640 (£67,088).
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