MJ's contents sold for US$1m
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December 19, 2011, Monday
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THE contents of the home where Michael Jackson lived with his three children just before his death have sold for nearly US$1 million at auction.
Among the highlights: A kitchen chalkboard where Jackson's children wrote "I love daddy," which sold for US$5,000, and an armoire upon which Jackson wrote a message to himself on the mirror that fetched US$25,750.
The auction also included furniture, artwork and other items from the rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive, where Jackson lived as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts in London before he died in June 2009.
The headboard from the bed where Jackson died at age 50 was removed from the auction at the family's request, but the rug that was beneath the bed sold for US$15,360. The estimate had been US$400 to US$600.
Julien's Auctions re-created the mansion inside its Beverly Hills showroom and invited fans to fill the space where the bed would have been with a tribute to the late King of Pop. It promised to deliver all of the tribute items to Jackson's children and family matriarch Katherine Jackson.
"Michael Jackson has the greatest fans in the world. I can see why he lived for them," Darren Julien, president of the firm, said. "They came out every day this week to bring gifts. It's unlike anything we've ever seen as it relates to a celebrity and their fans."
Jackson commissioned the company to sell the contents of his Neverland Ranch before the auction was called off in early 2009.
Among the highlights: A kitchen chalkboard where Jackson's children wrote "I love daddy," which sold for US$5,000, and an armoire upon which Jackson wrote a message to himself on the mirror that fetched US$25,750.
The auction also included furniture, artwork and other items from the rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive, where Jackson lived as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts in London before he died in June 2009.
The headboard from the bed where Jackson died at age 50 was removed from the auction at the family's request, but the rug that was beneath the bed sold for US$15,360. The estimate had been US$400 to US$600.
Julien's Auctions re-created the mansion inside its Beverly Hills showroom and invited fans to fill the space where the bed would have been with a tribute to the late King of Pop. It promised to deliver all of the tribute items to Jackson's children and family matriarch Katherine Jackson.
"Michael Jackson has the greatest fans in the world. I can see why he lived for them," Darren Julien, president of the firm, said. "They came out every day this week to bring gifts. It's unlike anything we've ever seen as it relates to a celebrity and their fans."
Jackson commissioned the company to sell the contents of his Neverland Ranch before the auction was called off in early 2009.
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