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December 13, 2011, Tuesday
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CONTENTS of the mansion where Michael Jackson's lifeless body was found by Dr Conrad Murray go under the hammer in Beverly Hills next week, closing one chapter on a tragic saga that started in 2009 and ended last month with Murray behind bars.
Some 500 lots of mostly paintings, furniture and ornaments are for sale from the Bel Air home Jackson rented while preparing for a series of comeback concerts in London.
Only a handful of the items bear a poignant but personal connection to the singer, his three children and famous family.
"Even though these weren't items that belonged to him, they were items that surrounded him in the final months of his life. Anything associated with Michael Jackson is highly collectible," said auctioneer Darren Julien.
The ornate headboard on the bed where Jackson's body was found on June 25, 2009, was removed from the December 17 sale last month at the request of Jackson's family. But the "Thriller" singer did leave his mark on an ornate mirror in the bedroom, scrawling a message in felt pen that reads "Train, perfection March April Full out May" - presumably a reference to rehearsals for London's "This Is It" concerts set to start that July. The mirror is part of an armoire and carries an estimated price of US$6,000-US$8,000.
Some rooms at the mansion in the wealthy Los Angeles community where Jackson spent his final days played a role in Murray's trial that ended in November, including the bedroom - littered with medical paraphernalia - where Jackson was found not breathing and Murray tried to revive him.
Jackson was pronounced dead in a nearby hospital.
Some 500 lots of mostly paintings, furniture and ornaments are for sale from the Bel Air home Jackson rented while preparing for a series of comeback concerts in London.
Only a handful of the items bear a poignant but personal connection to the singer, his three children and famous family.
"Even though these weren't items that belonged to him, they were items that surrounded him in the final months of his life. Anything associated with Michael Jackson is highly collectible," said auctioneer Darren Julien.
The ornate headboard on the bed where Jackson's body was found on June 25, 2009, was removed from the December 17 sale last month at the request of Jackson's family. But the "Thriller" singer did leave his mark on an ornate mirror in the bedroom, scrawling a message in felt pen that reads "Train, perfection March April Full out May" - presumably a reference to rehearsals for London's "This Is It" concerts set to start that July. The mirror is part of an armoire and carries an estimated price of US$6,000-US$8,000.
Some rooms at the mansion in the wealthy Los Angeles community where Jackson spent his final days played a role in Murray's trial that ended in November, including the bedroom - littered with medical paraphernalia - where Jackson was found not breathing and Murray tried to revive him.
Jackson was pronounced dead in a nearby hospital.
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