Michael Jackson Auction Nets $2 Million

On Saturday (November 21), Julien's Auctions sold over 80 pieces of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the famous sparkly glove the late legend wore during the 1983 "Motown 25" television special (the same event where he debuted the moonwalk). All told, the 80 items were expected to net around $120,000, but the 3,500 registered bidders drove the final tally above $2 million. The infamous glove was sold to a collector in Hong Kong for an astonishing $420,000.

Other items moved during the auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square in New York City included the fedora that Jackson wore during his 10-minute medley that opened the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards (that sold for $73,800). Hand-written lyrics to "Beat It" also fetched plenty of cash ($60,000) as did a Jackson-owned 1985 Mercedes-Benz ($104,500). In one of the stranger moments of the auction, the mold used to fit Jackson for fangs in the "Thriller" video went for $10,000 — quite a price to pay for what is essentially Jackson's dental records from 1982.

Clearly, people are still hungry for tokens of the singer's life, which ended tragically and prematurely back in June. And Julien's Auctions president Darren Julien suggested that there are plenty more pieces of Jackson-related ephemera out there. "Michael was very generous," Julien told CNN. "If you were friends with Michael Jackson or an important part of his life, occasionally he would give something away, and that's a very big reason that these things got out in the public."

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