Jackson’s ‘Bad’ tour jacket sold for $298,000 at auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Michael Jackson’s iconic black “Bad” jacket, which he wore on his first solo tour, sold for $298,000 late Saturday – about three times its original asking price – at a New York auction which featured items from music legends Prince, Madonna, John Lennon and others, officials announced.
Julien’s AucNEW tions had an original asking price of $100,000 for the jacket that Jackson signed on the back with a silver permanent marker and was worn throughout the singer’s “Bad” world concert tour from 1987 to 1989.
It is one of the late singer’s most iconic costume pieces alongside his red and black leather “Thriller” music video jacket that sold for $1.8 million at auction in 2011.
The “Bad” jacket was sold by Texas businessman and philanthropist Milton Verret along with almost 100 other items from his large rock ‘n roll memorabilia collection.