BEAT IT LYRICS TO BE AUCTIONED
The handwritten lyrics to MICHAEL JACKSON’s BEAT IT are to go under the h ammer at a memorabilia auction in California next month (Jun10).
The late pop superstar gave his scribbled notes, signed by the King of Pop himself, to a producer pal.
Marc Kruskol, spokesman for auction house Profiles in History, says, "T his piece has been in private hands since being written. It’s an incredib le piece from the legendary King of Pop and it’s in fine condition." The Beat It lyrics won’t be the highlight of the memorabilia sale - the pink satin gown Marilyn Monroe wore in the Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Fr iend sequence in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is sure to be the main lot.
Auction house bosses are calling the gown "the most important film dres s to ever come to auction".
The summer sale will also feature The Wicked Witch of the West’s hat, J ohnny Depp’s scissorhands from Edward Scissorhands and his Jack Sparrow j acket from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Other items include Darth Vader’s light saber from Star Wars: Episode V I - Return of the Jedi, Julie Andrews’ carpet bag from Mary Poppins and B ruce Lee’s ‘Kato’ signature from The Green Hornet.
The three-day auction will feature over 1,500 lots of Hollywood memorab ilia.
Monroe’s gown is expected to fetch between $150,000 (=C2=A393,750) and $250,000 (=C2=A3156,250). Jackson’s handwritten lyrics are expected to go under the hammer for between $4,000 (=C2=A32,500) and $6,000 (=C2=A33,75 0).
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