Michael Jackson’s Glove Breaks Auction Chart Print

One of Michael Jackson's iconic
single gloves sold for nearly $
200,000 in Los Angeles, an
auction house said Thursday.
At $199,069, the Swarovski-
crystal-encrusted glove earned
the record for the highest price
fetched for memorabilia from the
late King of Pop, the Nate D.
Sanders auction house said.
The autographs and memorabilia
specialty seller said Jackson wore
this black glove, a departure for
the singer who had previously
sported white ones, at the 1984
American Music Awards, when
he was honored for "Thriller,"
still the best-selling album of all
time.
The megastar had originally
given the glove to a terminally ill
boy during a visit arranged by a
charity organization. It was
accompanied by a book with
three Jackson autographs and an
inscription that reads "My
original glove, love, MJ."
The auction house did not
specify who the buyer was.
In 2010, a beaded white glove
worn by Jackson sold for $
192,000 in a Las Vegas auction
on the first anniversary of the
star's death.
Jackson died in 2009 at age 50
from an overdose of the
powerful anesthetic propofol as
he was preparing for a series of
comeback concerts.
Asked in 1999 by Barbara
Walters why he wore only one
glove, the mega-star replied
simply, "cooler than two,"
according to the auction house.
Also sold at the auction were one
of the Jackson's "Beat It" jackets,
worn on the 1984 "Thriller" tour,
which went for $84,422, and a
drawing by French Impressionist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which
sold for $65,959, the auction
house said.