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Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction_ UPDATE Post #77 SOLD 1,800,000.00
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Darth Sidious
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction
if i could afford it, that'd be the item i'd get.
if i could afford it, that'd be the item i'd get.
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they are two busy selling off other stuff belonging to mj.
Items are so precious. The family should take care of it.
they are two busy selling off other stuff belonging to mj.
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I think so. I would bet that family members are also part of the sellers in the auction. They will be anonym. Julian-auctionator says last year the things comes from family members, friends and fans. So it will be this year also. Off course Bush and Tompkins can not be anonym because in the jacket are there names.
So they make the decision to spend a little bit. This makes them look less greedy for the public.
The woman who sells the wig can also not be anonym. Because she has milk the wig in the last two years. Here is a video. Disgusting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sXHh04e3ds
I think so. I would bet that family members are also part of the sellers in the auction. They will be anonym. Julian-auctionator says last year the things comes from family members, friends and fans. So it will be this year also. Off course Bush and Tompkins can not be anonym because in the jacket are there names.
So they make the decision to spend a little bit. This makes them look less greedy for the public.
The woman who sells the wig can also not be anonym. Because she has milk the wig in the last two years. Here is a video. Disgusting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sXHh04e3ds
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction
Outrageous, just cannot believe this vid. And they all look so pleased with themselves. There is a special circle reserved in hell for these people.
Outrageous, just cannot believe this vid. And they all look so pleased with themselves. There is a special circle reserved in hell for these people.
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Sad, but I have to agree with you.
Sad
, but I have to agree with you.
LiLShOrTaY
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Sad, yes..
Just a thought..
What if all the fans on the globe give 1 dollar.. until we have enough to buy the jacket and give it to where it belongs.. his family..
Love,
LiL..
Sad, yes..
Just a thought..
What if all the fans on the globe give 1 dollar.. until we have enough to buy the jacket and give it to where it belongs.. his family..
Love,
LiL..
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it doesn't belong to the family...read MJ's will again.
Unless by family you mean his kids.
I hope the estate is able to buy this back. I'd love to see the thriller jacket during the fan fest in december.
it doesn't belong to the family...read MJ's will again.
Unless by family you mean his kids.
I hope the estate is able to buy this back. I'd love to see the thriller jacket during the fan fest in december.
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The Thriller jacket is probably THE Most iconic Michael Jackson jacket and I would hope that Bush and Tompkins contacted the Estate first to see if they wanted to buy it out of respect for MJ.
IF they asked the estate if they wanted to buy the jacket then I don't see why the estate would turn them down.
IF they didn't ask the estate first then that's disgusting IMO.
I think the Estate SHOULD buy this jacket at all costs.
Whether we like it or not, for many people this jacket sums up Michael Jackson. It's like Elvis' white jumpsuit.
I guess that's why this is going to sell for a huge amount of money. I imagine there will be many famous faces bidding for this, Just from the music world I would think people like Jay Z, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Usher, Missy Elliot, Jason Derulo, Timberlake, etc would be VERY interested and they have lots of cash to spash (especially Jaz Z).
The Thriller jacket is probably THE Most iconic Michael Jackson jacket and I would hope that Bush and Tompkins contacted the Estate first to see if they wanted to buy it out of respect for MJ.
IF they asked the estate if they wanted to buy the jacket then I don't see why the estate would turn them down.
IF they didn't ask the estate first then that's disgusting IMO.
I think the Estate SHOULD buy this jacket at all costs.
Whether we like it or not, for many people this jacket sums up Michael Jackson. It's like Elvis' white jumpsuit.
I guess that's why this is going to sell for a huge amount of money. I imagine there will be many famous faces bidding for this, Just from the music world I would think people like Jay Z, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Usher, Missy Elliot, Jason Derulo, Timberlake, etc would be VERY interested and they have lots of cash to spash (especially Jaz Z).
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Germaine's tweet about the wig selling
jermjackson5 Jermaine Jackson
Sickened. How low can some go RT @wingheart This is heartbreaking. Shame on you Lynda Parrish...shame on you.
There's a pic but I just can't post it.:sad2:
Germaine's tweet about the wig selling
jermjackson5 Jermaine Jackson
Sickened. How low can some go RT @wingheart This is heartbreaking. Shame on you Lynda Parrish...shame on you.
There's a pic but I just can't post it.:sad2:
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I know this is a bit off topic, but I thought this article ( about the breaking up of Debbie Reynolds Hollywood collection) gave a bit of insight as to how difficult it can be to get a memorabilia collection 'up and going'....It really needs a huge amount of money...and even then things can go wrong... I really hope that the family / estate can set something up, but I can see why they would need a good solid business plan and plenty of finance.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/09/091010reynolds/
This time, no one swooped in to save the damsel in distress.
The family of actress Debbie Reynolds said Thursday that the valuable Hollywood memorabilia collection she has amassed will be sold at auction, likely ending the prospect that some of the most famous relics of the silver screen will be on public display in Pigeon Forge.
Todd Fisher, president of the Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum and the actress' son, said his mother's heart is broken about the project, which he described as the latest in a long line of disappointments. He said the chart-topping singer and Hollywood star of such movies as 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' was brought to tears following the auction decision.
'Most people collect for themselves … but she collected for the public,' he said. 'She collected for all of us. She collected for the American people to preserve the history of their industry.'
The museum was supposed to be the centerpiece of Belle Island Village, an attraction located between the Parkway and Teaster Lane that also was to include a NASCAR-themed attraction called the Darrell Waltrip Racing Experience. Much of the construction for Belle Island was completed — including the steamboat-shaped shell of the Hollywood museum — but a firm behind the project filed for bankruptcy last year and Belle Island was subsequently taken over by lenders at a pair of foreclosure auctions.
The museum was originally to be a tenant in the steamboat-shaped building that was owned by the development firm. The museum entity also filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2009, and a document filed in that case said Regions Bank had agreed to sell part of the Belle Island project -- including the museum building -- to Tennessee Investment Partners LLC. According to the document, TIP was negotiating with the museum on a deal that would include an up-front payment to the museum, a payment large enough for the museum to pay a specific claim in its bankruptcy case.
Last month, though, the state rejected a tax-exempt bond allocation for the deal, and Fisher indicated Thursday that Belle Island Village developer Glen Bilbo and his associates were unable to line up the cash the museum needed to pay its creditor. Instead, Fisher said renowned international auction house Christie's will conduct a sale of the memorabilia collection by June, allowing the museum to make a $5 million payment.
In a bankruptcy filing last year, Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum listed total liabilities of $7.2 million and assets of $10.8 million. The bulk of its assets, though, were bound up in the memorabilia collection which, according to the filing, was valued at $10.79 million and was subject to a security interest by the creditor.
Fisher said he previously had received a $30 million offer to sell the collection to a company out of India, and said the family still has the option to step up with the money if it wants to keep the items. But, he added, 'why would we do that … when there really doesn't seem to be a home for the collection, or a use for the collection?'
The trove of memorabilia includes more than 3,000 costumes and tens of thousands of artifacts, including the dress and red slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz,' the fur coat worn by Orson Welles in 'Citizen Kane' and Marilyn Monroe's 'subway dress' from 'The Seven-Year Itch.'
Reynolds announced in March 2004 the relocation of her museum, which she estimated in value at more than $50 million, to Pigeon Forge from sites in Las Vegas and Hollywood.
The decision to auction the Hollywood memorabilia is a blow to Sevier County's tourism industry, although the future of Belle Island has seemed shaky for months. Last week, local commercial real estate firm NAI Knoxville listed a 15.5-acre portion of the site — including the museum building — for $20 million.
Bilbo could not be reached for comment, but the developer said last week that his group was looking at alternative ways to finance Belle Island.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/09/091010reynolds/
This time, no one swooped in to save the damsel in distress.
The family of actress Debbie Reynolds said Thursday that the valuable Hollywood memorabilia collection she has amassed will be sold at auction, likely ending the prospect that some of the most famous relics of the silver screen will be on public display in Pigeon Forge.
Todd Fisher, president of the Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum and the actress' son, said his mother's heart is broken about the project, which he described as the latest in a long line of disappointments. He said the chart-topping singer and Hollywood star of such movies as 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' was brought to tears following the auction decision.
'Most people collect for themselves … but she collected for the public,' he said. 'She collected for all of us. She collected for the American people to preserve the history of their industry.'
The museum was supposed to be the centerpiece of Belle Island Village, an attraction located between the Parkway and Teaster Lane that also was to include a NASCAR-themed attraction called the Darrell Waltrip Racing Experience. Much of the construction for Belle Island was completed — including the steamboat-shaped shell of the Hollywood museum — but a firm behind the project filed for bankruptcy last year and Belle Island was subsequently taken over by lenders at a pair of foreclosure auctions.
The museum was originally to be a tenant in the steamboat-shaped building that was owned by the development firm. The museum entity also filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2009, and a document filed in that case said Regions Bank had agreed to sell part of the Belle Island project -- including the museum building -- to Tennessee Investment Partners LLC. According to the document, TIP was negotiating with the museum on a deal that would include an up-front payment to the museum, a payment large enough for the museum to pay a specific claim in its bankruptcy case.
Last month, though, the state rejected a tax-exempt bond allocation for the deal, and Fisher indicated Thursday that Belle Island Village developer Glen Bilbo and his associates were unable to line up the cash the museum needed to pay its creditor. Instead, Fisher said renowned international auction house Christie's will conduct a sale of the memorabilia collection by June, allowing the museum to make a $5 million payment.
In a bankruptcy filing last year, Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum listed total liabilities of $7.2 million and assets of $10.8 million. The bulk of its assets, though, were bound up in the memorabilia collection which, according to the filing, was valued at $10.79 million and was subject to a security interest by the creditor.
Fisher said he previously had received a $30 million offer to sell the collection to a company out of India, and said the family still has the option to step up with the money if it wants to keep the items. But, he added, 'why would we do that … when there really doesn't seem to be a home for the collection, or a use for the collection?'
The trove of memorabilia includes more than 3,000 costumes and tens of thousands of artifacts, including the dress and red slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz,' the fur coat worn by Orson Welles in 'Citizen Kane' and Marilyn Monroe's 'subway dress' from 'The Seven-Year Itch.'
Reynolds announced in March 2004 the relocation of her museum, which she estimated in value at more than $50 million, to Pigeon Forge from sites in Las Vegas and Hollywood.
The decision to auction the Hollywood memorabilia is a blow to Sevier County's tourism industry, although the future of Belle Island has seemed shaky for months. Last week, local commercial real estate firm NAI Knoxville listed a 15.5-acre portion of the site — including the museum building — for $20 million.
Bilbo could not be reached for comment, but the developer said last week that his group was looking at alternative ways to finance Belle Island.
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction
'Germaine's tweet about the wig selling
jermjackson5 Jermaine Jackson
Sickened. How low can some go RT @wingheart This is heartbreaking. Shame on you Lynda Parrish...shame on you.
There's a pic but I just can't post it'.
I can imagine that friends and the family themselves may bid for this (to get it 'home' where it belongs)...I hope they don't end up bidding against each other...the seller should not profit from this!
'Germaine's tweet about the wig selling
jermjackson5 Jermaine Jackson
Sickened. How low can some go RT @wingheart This is heartbreaking. Shame on you Lynda Parrish...shame on you.
There's a pic but I just can't post it'.
I can imagine that friends and the family themselves may bid for this (to get it 'home' where it belongs)...I hope they don't end up bidding against each other...the seller should not profit from this!
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A museum is where it belongs, nowhere else.....!!!
A museum is where it belongs, nowhere else.....!!!
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction
LIVE STREAM: https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/live-sale/id/26/
LIVE STREAM: https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/live-sale/id/26/
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OMG bid is now over a Million
LAST BId 1,800,000.00 SOLD World record Bid
Milton Verret from Auston TX now owns the Thriller Jacket
Meltin loves MJ and it was a life long dream to own it. He also owns the BAD Jacket
Meltin is going to take the Jacket and display it at childrens Hospitals
around the nation to inspire the sick children
OMG bid is now over a Million
LAST BId 1,800,000.00 SOLD World record Bid
Milton Verret from Auston TX now owns the Thriller Jacket
Meltin loves MJ and it was a life long dream to own it. He also owns the BAD Jacket
Meltin is going to take the Jacket and display it at childrens Hospitals
around the nation to inspire the sick children
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction_ UPDATE Sold 1,000,800.00
How can some people just give away these things?
I swear if MJ had ever given me just a friggin hair-shaft or a booger I would have put it in a safe and guarded it like it was my baby...
How can some people just give away these things?
I swear if MJ had ever given me just a friggin hair-shaft or a booger I would have put it in a safe and guarded it like it was my baby...
Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction_ UPDATE Sold 1,000,800.00
This sale has been bugging me. But if Milton keeps his promise and takes the jacket around the world to children's hospitals , he would continue doing what Michael did. Remember how Michael visited children's hospitals? This could be the second best thing. So again if he keeps his promise, I can be fine with him owning it.
This sale has been bugging me. But if Milton keeps his promise and takes the jacket around the world to children's hospitals , he would continue doing what Michael did. Remember how Michael visited children's hospitals? This could be the second best thing. So again if he keeps his promise, I can be fine with him owning it.
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction
I agree at least someone who loves Michael has the Jacket and
he is going to use the Jacket in a way MJ would be proud
Im Happy Milton is the one that was the highest Bidder
I agree at least someone who loves Michael has the Jacket and
he is going to use the Jacket in a way MJ would be proud
Im Happy Milton is the one that was the highest Bidder
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction_ UPDATE Post #77 SOLD 1,000,800.00
I can't help but feeling this is wrong. It belongs in a museum or with the estate where it will be safe for future generations to enjoy. I am just afraid as this man gets older it will get buried in the back uf the closet. I am sorry the MJ estate did feel this was important enough
I can't help but feeling this is wrong. It belongs in a museum or with the estate where it will be safe for future generations to enjoy. I am just afraid as this man gets older it will get buried in the back uf the closet. I am sorry the MJ estate did feel this was important enough
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction_ UPDATE Post #77 SOLD 1,000,800.00
Yes I haven't read all but they really do anything, that's very sad. Its may be a fan (a rich fan) but this jacket should never have been sold. Ever
He said that the jacket will be around the world to children's hospitals good ,but for me this jacket would remain in the hands of his children or display in a museum so that everyone can see it.This should not be owned by one person I will never understand it,what the estate is doing with michael's memorabilia...
Yes I haven't read all but they really do anything, that's very sad. Its may be a fan (a rich fan) but this jacket should never have been sold. Ever
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I guess the estate views it as mj gave it awy.if it ment alot mj would have kept it.
But i hope one day it makes its way home
I guess the estate views it as mj gave it awy.if it ment alot mj would have kept it.
But i hope one day it makes its way home
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction_ UPDATE Post #77 SOLD 1,000,800.00
that jacket was personal to Michael..it was a huge part of his music history,,,the kids should be the owners this Jacket....they are his children for God sakes....this really is just so sad. I could careless about all of the autograph stuff that is being sold...but stuff like the Jacket...the Smooth Criminal Fedora....those are personal and they should go to the kids...jeez...
that jacket was personal to Michael..it was a huge part of his music history,,,the kids should be the owners this Jacket....they are his children for God sakes....this really is just so sad. I could careless about all of the autograph stuff that is being sold...but stuff like the Jacket...the Smooth Criminal Fedora....those are personal and they should go to the kids...jeez...
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Re: Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' jacket up for auction_ UPDATE Post #77 SOLD 1,000,800.00
So there were two jackets right?
so why where there 2 jackets? did they use both jackets when shooting Thriller? If so, do we know which jacket was used in what scene?
So there were two jackets right?
so why where there 2 jackets? did they use both jackets when shooting Thriller? If so, do we know which jacket was used in what scene?