What remains of the departed idols of the stage for inconsolable fans, know those who keep the material pledges of their stay on Earth. Inanimate household items and clothing that surrounded the stars during their lifetime are seriously competing with the voice, the image captured on the footage.
The star's wardrobe is something like a bank account, only the proceeds from the sale of each item can become an incomparably more generous source of enrichment for its keeper, who knows about the thirst of a huge number of Earth's inhabitants to somehow join the glory of the idol. This is the case now with everything that surrounded Michael Jackson until the date of his death, June 25, 2009, and even until September 3, 2009 - the date of the final burial.
Only his death and the subsequent sales made it possible to pay off the accounts with the pop star's numerous creditors. Already the first year without Jackson brought about a billion US dollars, although Michael began earning money from creditors by selling property at auctions during his lifetime.
In the summer of 2011, a red leather jacket, familiar from the Thriller video, went under the hammer. The star's wardrobe item started at $ 200,000 and was purchased for $ 1.8 million. For the "less affluent," the organizers of The Music Icons auction in Los Angeles offered a T-shirt that Jackson wore during the filming of the video for Scream. Sold his wigs, hats, gloves, portraits.
Immediately after the news of the death of the star, in the summer of 2009, a message appeared in the Russian press that a resident of Penza exhibited a Jackson jacket with stripes of the USSR Armed Forces with a copy of the imperial crown at a domestic online auction. It was claimed that the stage costume was genuine, from the period of Jackson's Moscow tour, the initial price was set at 124 thousand euros. Nobody dared to pay the required amount.
Ahead is another sale of the now extensive collection of stage costumes worn by the King of Pop. It will be held at the Beverly Hills Trade House in December 2012. And now an exhibition of future lots is traveling across countries and continents, whetting the appetites of prospective buyers and attracting the curious - things take part in a world tour without an owner.
The upcoming collection has been created for over 25 years by Jackson's designers Michael Bush and Dennis Tompkins. Moreover, it has both stage and casual costumes. A spokesman for Julien's Auctions, which arranges sales, says that some are not exactly the star's things, since many of the costumes, having signed them, Jackson returned to the designers after the performances.
Suits with gold embroidery, Swarovski crystals, silver threads, metallic leather, embroidered with sequins, with aiguillettes and laces, the famous glove that sparkled on the hand of the king of pop - all this, after being put on public display, will go to someone's private collections. In 1987, a silvery skinny leotard, military-style blazers take on new masters.
