For Sale: Michael’s Glitter Glove
According to the AP, a famous piece of Jackson memorabilia will be up for auction this November: one of the star’s rhinestone-covered gloves.
MJ wore a lot of gloves during his stint as a world super star, but this particular one has special significance. Jackson wore the glove during his 1983 “Billie Jean” performance, complete with moonwalk, which propelled him into mega stardom.
So, if you’ve got the desire (and a huge chunk of cash!), come on down to the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City’s Times Square on November 21 to bid!
The glittery glove that Michael Jackson wore when he unveiled his moonwalk on TV in 1983 is hitting the auction block.
This one isn’t like his other glittery gloves, which were made for the right hand and adorned with hand-sewn crystals. This left-handed glove, which accompanied Jackson’s fedora and dance moves on Motown’s 25th-anniversary TV special, is a modified, store-bought glove covered with a mesh of rhinestones.
The glove, which Darren Julien of Julien’s Auctions called “the Holy Grail of Michael Jackson memorabilia,” will be featured alongside other one-of-a-kind items — such as an early Madonna demo tape and unreleased Jimi Hendrix lyrics — at the Nov. 21 “Music Icons” auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City’s Times Square.
Walter “Clyde” Orange, a founding member of the Commodores, has been holding onto the glove since Jackson gave it to him in 1983.
(From the AP)