Online release of auction catalogs
Julien’s Auctions has published the catalogs for the items put up for auction by Michael Jackson on the internet. These virtual catalogs are available for free online and are easy to read and view.
At the moment, the catalog for furniture, functional artworks and antiques, paintings and decorative artworks is available to internet visitors. Three other catalog books will also be posted online soon. Each of these catalog books has between 120 and 220 pages and includes photos with the best quality. It’s expected that by the end of the week, all items that are going to be auctioned will be accessible online. A luxury version of these books with embossed covers is priced at $100 for sale; if buyers also want Michael Jackson’s signature, then they must pay $500 for these books, which will be printed in limited quantities.
An auction of 1,500 to 2,000 items from Michael Jackson’s personal assets will take place from April 22 to April 25 this year at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. These items will be displayed one week before the auction begins in Beverly Hills. But before that, in March, they will also go to Dublin, Ireland and London for display.
Darren Julien, who is in charge of this auction, expects that media and Michael Jackson fans from all over the world will flock to the auction.
Before Norland was renamed by Michael to Sycamore Valley Ranch, Michael asked Julien and his team to prepare catalogs for the items he wanted to auction. Last summer, this experienced team spent nearly five months doing this work and came across the most amazing collection they had ever seen in a celebrity’s home.
Michael Doyle, who was responsible for preparing the catalogs and pricing, says: “It looked like everything he had was made of bronze, marble and gold.”
But what does Michael have in his collection?
Armor-like clothing. Special crowns and intricately carved and decorative royal thrones with red velvet. A royal cape as a Father’s Day gift with a message on it from his children, “Princess Paris” and “Prince Michael.” In the hallways of Norland there is a portrait of Michael Jackson: a young man dressed in Queen Elizabeth’s era clothing, holding a crown on a velvet cushion.
To remove the bronze sculptures from part of the Norland grounds, cranes were brought into Norland. The ornate entrance doors of Norland are now leaning against a wall in a storage area in the outskirts of Los Angeles. Bronze angel sculptures. A marble bust of a Roman emperor standing beside its original version. The enormous legendary Greek figure Prometheus, which was located at the entrance to Norland. Small cars with special diesel race engines. An electric carriage with colored windows and a stereo system. Another carriage with a painted image of the King of Pop on its cover. The best video game and collectible devices from the 18th and 19th centuries. Books about Disney, Three Stooges, Peter Pan and Alfred Hitchcock. A collection of books about Black history and Malcolm X’s autobiography written by Malcolm himself. Michael’s personal collection of his stage outfits from the earliest days of the Jackson Five up to now. A black fedora from Billie Jean. Pants covered in diamond beads that weigh as much as an armor suit. And military jackets with insignia from the Royal Air Force and Thailand’s Anti-Drug Department. All of these were in Michael’s former home, Norland.
Martin Nolan, one of the owners of Julien’s Auctions, says: “These items are priced as if they belonged to me and you, not to Michael Jackson.”
Darren Julien, who is responsible for holding the auction of Michael Jackson’s items in April, is excited about the event. He says:
“Michael Jackson collected everything. We’ve never seen a collection as vast and unconventional as his collection. He never held an auction before. This time he’s doing it on his own will. He wasn’t forced to do it. We worked closely with him for five months, and he has complete control over everything.”
Julien said that a glove similar to the white glove that will be auctioned in April was sold in 2006 for $35,000. Also, Michael’s white socks were sold in an auction in 2005 for $15,000. The value of the items to be auctioned is conservatively estimated at between $1.5 million and $3 million.
To view the catalog books click.
Source: eMJey / Julien's Auctions / The Guardian / Telegraph / FOX News
An auction of 1,500 to 2,000 items from Michael Jackson’s personal assets will take place from April 22 to April 25 this year at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. These items will be displayed one week before the auction begins in Beverly Hills. But before that, in March, they will also go to Dublin, Ireland and London for display.
Darren Julien, who is in charge of this auction, expects that media and Michael Jackson fans from all over the world will flock to the auction.
Before Norland was renamed by Michael to Sycamore Valley Ranch, Michael asked Julien and his team to prepare catalogs for the items he wanted to auction. Last summer, this experienced team spent nearly five months doing this work and came across the most amazing collection they had ever seen in a celebrity’s home.
Michael Doyle, who was responsible for preparing the catalogs and pricing, says: “It looked like everything he had was made of bronze, marble and gold.”
But what does Michael have in his collection?
Armor-like clothing. Special crowns and intricately carved and decorative royal thrones with red velvet. A royal cape as a Father’s Day gift with a message on it from his children, “Princess Paris” and “Prince Michael.” In the hallways of Norland there is a portrait of Michael Jackson: a young man dressed in Queen Elizabeth’s era clothing, holding a crown on a velvet cushion.
To remove the bronze sculptures from part of the Norland grounds, cranes were brought into Norland. The ornate entrance doors of Norland are now leaning against a wall in a storage area in the outskirts of Los Angeles. Bronze angel sculptures. A marble bust of a Roman emperor standing beside its original version. The enormous legendary Greek figure Prometheus, which was located at the entrance to Norland. Small cars with special diesel race engines. An electric carriage with colored windows and a stereo system. Another carriage with a painted image of the King of Pop on its cover. The best video game and collectible devices from the 18th and 19th centuries. Books about Disney, Three Stooges, Peter Pan and Alfred Hitchcock. A collection of books about Black history and Malcolm X’s autobiography written by Malcolm himself. Michael’s personal collection of his stage outfits from the earliest days of the Jackson Five up to now. A black fedora from Billie Jean. Pants covered in diamond beads that weigh as much as an armor suit. And military jackets with insignia from the Royal Air Force and Thailand’s Anti-Drug Department. All of these were in Michael’s former home, Norland.
Martin Nolan, one of the owners of Julien’s Auctions, says: “These items are priced as if they belonged to me and you, not to Michael Jackson.”
Darren Julien, who is responsible for holding the auction of Michael Jackson’s items in April, is excited about the event. He says:
“Michael Jackson collected everything. We’ve never seen a collection as vast and unconventional as his collection. He never held an auction before. This time he’s doing it on his own will. He wasn’t forced to do it. We worked closely with him for five months, and he has complete control over everything.”
Julien said that a glove similar to the white glove that will be auctioned in April was sold in 2006 for $35,000. Also, Michael’s white socks were sold in an auction in 2005 for $15,000. The value of the items to be auctioned is conservatively estimated at between $1.5 million and $3 million.
To view the catalog books click.
Source: eMJey / Julien's Auctions / The Guardian / Telegraph / FOX News