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Michael Jackson Auction

February 7, 2012 by · Comments Off on Michael Jackson Auction 

Michael Jackson Auction, A piece of furniture auctioned off by the estate of pop singer Michael Jackson goes on display Saturday at Grand Home Furnishings here, ABC Channel 13 reported.

The piece is a large armoire with a message written by Jackson on its mirror that says, “Train, perfection, March, April, full out May.” The message was apparently meant to inspire Jackson as he prepared for the London tour he was planning before his death.

The TV station quoted Grand Home’s Robert G. Bennett as saying that the store wanted the armoire as an iconic piece of the entertainer’s life. Another selection from Jackson’s Los Angeles home, a seating piece from his projection room, also was purchased by Grand Home, the station said.

Since the sale was conducted in an outside showroom, the auction house created full-scale photo enlargements of significant rooms in the Jackson home, including the bedroom where the armoire was located, to help bidders put the furnishings in context. The visuals will serve as a backdrop in the store’s display.

Michael Jackson Auction

December 17, 2011 by · Comments Off on Michael Jackson Auction 

Michael Jackson Auction, The contents of the rented mansion where Michael Jackson died in June 2009 are being auctioned off Saturday in Beverly Hills.

The furnishings are from the Holmby Hills home the singer shared with his children while rehearsing for a comeback concert tour. Several of the rooms have been recreated in the auction house, Julien’s Auctions.

Everything on sale – some 600 pieces in all – surrounded the pop icon during his final months, including items from his bedroom and his “medicine room” – where Jackson died from an overdose of the powerful sedative Propofol.

His actual deathbed was removed from the auction when Jackson’s mother, Katherine, made the request. However, many of the singer’s fans were allowed to come in and leave tributes on a white platform meant to symbolize his deathbed.

Jackson’s taste leaned toward ornate, antique pieces with lots of carvings.

Julien’s President Darren Julien gave “Early Show on Saturday Morning” viewers a tour of the contents on display and up for bid, from paintings to antiques to furniture – even his daughter’s chalkboard, and an armoire with a mirror on which Jackson wrote an inspirational message to himself: “Train, perfection, March, April, full out May.” Julien also told the story behind many of them.

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