[ 2011-12-20 ]

A chalkboard where Jackson's children wrote 'I love daddy' sold for $5,000

Michael Jackson house auction raises $1m
The contents of the house where Michael Jackson
lived before he died have sold at a Los Angeles
auction for almost $1 million (£646,000).

Some 500 items were for sale from the mansion the
singer rented, including furniture, ornaments and
paintings.

Among the lots was an armoire upon which Jackson
wrote a message to himself that fetched $25,750
(£16,600).

A pottery rooster holding a chalkboard bearing a
note from Jackson's children also sold for $5,000
(£3,200).

Prior to the auction, organisers had estimated
total sales to be between$200,000 (£129,000) and
$400,000 (£258,000).

Also sold was a Victorian Revival-style bedroom
suite, an 18th-Century French clock and a shower
bench on which Jackson had drawn stick men.

Only a handful of auction items bore a personal
connection to the singer and his family, as most
were part of the rented surroundings.

The ornate headboard from the bed where Jackson's
body was found had also been due to go under the
hammer but was removed from the sale last month at
the request of Jackson's family.

However, the rug that had been beneath the bed
sold for $15,360 (£9,900).

Dr Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary
manslaughter over the pop star's death in 2009
last month and was sentenced to four years in
prison.

Source - BBC

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