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Thrift store buy was apparently worn by singer
Judith Woolworth Donahue of Crescent City acquired the jacket in a bag of clothes she bought in Corvallis, Ore. Submitted A local family is calling a thrift store find a “miracle from Michael Jackson.”
Judith Woolworth Donahue and her daughter Kiazmhir bought a bag of clothes at Vina Moses in Corvallis, Ore., that included a multi-colored jacket that, they later discovered, was once worn by Jackson.
Written on the lining around the collar is “M. Jackson #5,” Kiazmhir Donahue told The Triplicate recently, calling the jacket “really special."
She and her mother took the jacket to the Treasure Hunters Roadshow that was recently in Crescent City. One of the representatives said that with authentication papers, the jacket could be about $2 million, Donahue said.
Donahue said she hopes this 10-cent discovery will help the family that has struggled with money for many years.
“I want the best for my mom,” she said. “She should have had this.”
Woolworth Donahue is the great-granddaughter of F.W. Woolworth, who founded the five-and-dime store chain. Kiazmhir Donahue said she doesn’t know exactly how it happened, but her mother grew up wealthy, but “never got a dime of her inheritance.”
Woolworth Donahue declined to be interviewed by The Daily Triplicate.
An Associated Press story on Woolworth Donahue ran in several publications in 2000.
“For a few years, we lived really well, but then all of a sudden we were living on this huge mansion on this huge estate with no money. We didn’t have food,” Donahue said then.
Kiazmhir Donahue said she and her mother moved to Crescent City about 25 years ago “with a cat, car and some clothes.”
A press release from TransMedia Group, a South Florida-based public relations firm retained by Woolworth Donahue, states the jacket has been authenticated by Billy Wilson, president of Motown Alumni Association.
According to the press release, the jacket was likely worn by Jackson very early in his career with the Jackson 5 during an appearance on the Wayne Newton Show of the late ’60s or early ’70s.
Back then, Jackson’s mother Katherine and aunt Rebbie were making the costumes for the pop group, the press release states.
“When examining other Jackson costumes of the early years the seams, and clothing tag are virtually exactly the same,” Wilson says in the press release. “The hand-written signature on the garment is virtually the same as the signatures on earlier Jackson 5 garments.”
The red and black jacket Michael Jackson wore in the “Thriller” video, which is autographed by the late singer, is expected to fetch about $200,000 at the Music Icons auction on June 25 and 26 in Beverly Hills.
Kiazmhir Donahue doesn’t know exactly what her mother wants to do with the multi-colored jacket found in a thrift store. Woolworth Donahue recently obtained Hollywood agent Joel Gotler, who has brought stories such as “L.A. Confidential” and “The Lincoln Lawyer” to the big screen.
“She’s as happy as she can be,” Donahue said.
http://www.triplicate.com/201106211.../A-local-familys-miracle-from-Michael-Jackson
Judith Woolworth Donahue of Crescent City acquired the jacket in a bag of clothes she bought in Corvallis, Ore. Submitted A local family is calling a thrift store find a “miracle from Michael Jackson.”
Judith Woolworth Donahue and her daughter Kiazmhir bought a bag of clothes at Vina Moses in Corvallis, Ore., that included a multi-colored jacket that, they later discovered, was once worn by Jackson.
Written on the lining around the collar is “M. Jackson #5,” Kiazmhir Donahue told The Triplicate recently, calling the jacket “really special."
She and her mother took the jacket to the Treasure Hunters Roadshow that was recently in Crescent City. One of the representatives said that with authentication papers, the jacket could be about $2 million, Donahue said.
Donahue said she hopes this 10-cent discovery will help the family that has struggled with money for many years.
“I want the best for my mom,” she said. “She should have had this.”
Woolworth Donahue is the great-granddaughter of F.W. Woolworth, who founded the five-and-dime store chain. Kiazmhir Donahue said she doesn’t know exactly how it happened, but her mother grew up wealthy, but “never got a dime of her inheritance.”
Woolworth Donahue declined to be interviewed by The Daily Triplicate.
An Associated Press story on Woolworth Donahue ran in several publications in 2000.
“For a few years, we lived really well, but then all of a sudden we were living on this huge mansion on this huge estate with no money. We didn’t have food,” Donahue said then.
Kiazmhir Donahue said she and her mother moved to Crescent City about 25 years ago “with a cat, car and some clothes.”
A press release from TransMedia Group, a South Florida-based public relations firm retained by Woolworth Donahue, states the jacket has been authenticated by Billy Wilson, president of Motown Alumni Association.
According to the press release, the jacket was likely worn by Jackson very early in his career with the Jackson 5 during an appearance on the Wayne Newton Show of the late ’60s or early ’70s.
Back then, Jackson’s mother Katherine and aunt Rebbie were making the costumes for the pop group, the press release states.
“When examining other Jackson costumes of the early years the seams, and clothing tag are virtually exactly the same,” Wilson says in the press release. “The hand-written signature on the garment is virtually the same as the signatures on earlier Jackson 5 garments.”
The red and black jacket Michael Jackson wore in the “Thriller” video, which is autographed by the late singer, is expected to fetch about $200,000 at the Music Icons auction on June 25 and 26 in Beverly Hills.
Kiazmhir Donahue doesn’t know exactly what her mother wants to do with the multi-colored jacket found in a thrift store. Woolworth Donahue recently obtained Hollywood agent Joel Gotler, who has brought stories such as “L.A. Confidential” and “The Lincoln Lawyer” to the big screen.
“She’s as happy as she can be,” Donahue said.
http://www.triplicate.com/201106211.../A-local-familys-miracle-from-Michael-Jackson