Michael Jackson Glove To Be Auctioned

The left-handed, which Michael Jackson wore during a Motown TV special is expected to be auctioned at a maximum of $60,000. Commodores member Walter Orange is selling the glove and according to him, was a gift from Michael Jackson. The auction will be held on November 21 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. The white glove was worn by Michael Jackson when he first performed Moonwalk. Unlike all gloves sold at auctions worn by him, this one is left handed. It is thought the glove was put together in a hurried fashion as Michael Jackson had only decided on his dance routine for the show at the last minute. The glove is being sold along with a letter written by Orange, in which he explains how he came to be given the item.

There are also other items including Michael Jackson's Bad tour jacket, a fedora hat he wore at the 1995 MTV Music Awards, a zombie costume from the Thriller video and hand-drawn pictures by the star are also going under the hammer at the Music Icons auction. A special-edition book about Michael Jackson signed by celebrities will also be sold at the auction. Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand and P Diddy are among the names that have been approached to sign the 400-page Michael Jackson Special Edition Opus which publishers have described as an "exhaustively researched and lavishly produced work-of-art".

Proceeds from the event which will take place at the same time in London and Los Angeles, will go to five of the charities Michael Jackson supported during his life. The date of the auction and the names of the charities that will benefit are yet to be confirmed.