Few art object of pop music memorabilia are more recognizable than Michael Jackson ’s glittery livid boxing glove . Now , after obscure in a storage building block for years , one of MJ ’s iconic embellished accouterment is hitting the auction blockage for the first clip ever .
Fans of the King of Pop will be ableto bidon a long - pretermit correct - bridge player glove owned by the fabled musician at GWS Auction ’s " Legends : Iconic Film and Music Memorabilia Auction " on Saturday , August 25 . Jackson famously wore a individual mitt on hisleft handduring his historic televisedmoonwalkto " Billie Jean " in 1983 , but he owned several unlike versions , and onother occasion , he fag out a good - hand glove instead .
According to the auctioneers , this particular baseball glove sat in a storage adroitness for eight years after being shipped with some of the singer ’s other personal possessions from Paris to a Los Angeles storage facility . The contents of the unit were sold in 2003 after year of nonpayment on the distance . The mitt switch hands again in 2010 and has been held in a private ingathering ever since . The upcoming vendue will mark the first time it move up for sale to the public .
The auction house says this right - hand boxing glove , with its crystal ornamentation , is in " beautiful condition " and lists its starting cost at $ 15,000 . Whoever takes it home will also receive a certification of legitimacy and a letter of provenance from the storage unit ’s original buyers .
The sparkly glove is just one of the many exciting pop culture artifacts go up for auction at the same sentence . The compendium includes other Michael Jackson pieces , such as hisred blazerandblack fedora , as well as miscellaneous picture show memorabilia , like a top and anunderskirtJulie Andrews wore inMary Poppins(1964 ) and aMunchkin costumefromThe Wizard of Oz(1939 ) .
you could register to bid atgwsauctions.com .
