Court Case for a Canceled Auction of Michael Jackson Memorabilia

Yesterday, a judge in a Los Angeles court ruled that a collector could bring the Julien’s Auctions and the Michael Jackson Foundation to court to cancel the auction of Michael’s memorabilia, so that the jury can decide on the case. Richard Lapoint, who owns the largest collection of Beatles memorabilia, filed his lawsuit in October 2009. He claims he had purchased 82 items of Michael’s memorabilia online. The auction was canceled, and now Lapoint is trying to obtain $5 million in damages from Julien’s Auctions and the Michael Jackson Foundation. Michael had decided to put 1,400 items of Neverland’s furniture and belongings up for auction. Works of art, stage outfits, and music awards were among these items. Julien’s Auctions was responsible for carrying out the auction. They even prepared auction catalogs, but in the end Michael backed out for reasons that were not disclosed. The auction was officially canceled in April 2009 following an agreement between Julien’s Auctions and Michael. Source: eMJey / dailybreeze.com