NEW YORK—Michael Jackson’s untimely death at 50 yesterday, apparently from cardiac arrest, caught the world by surprise. Not least the auction world.
In a rarefied league with items related to Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, Jackson memorabilia was already highly collectible. Now it will become even more so, according to Darren Julien, chief executive of the Beverly Hills, Calif.–based Julien’s Auctions.
A color photograph of Jackson’s high school class from 1973
sold for $180, below its pre-sale estimate of $300 to $500,
at Christie's in 2006.
Julien is well versed in Jacksonabilia. His company nearly put up 1,400 Jackson items for auction earlier this year, before the singer changed his mind and sued to cancel the sale. Several other Jackson-related items will be part of Julien’s Summer Sale today and tomorrow in Las Vegas, including a concert T-shirt from his Michael Jackson Victory Tour and a signed belt.
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