Thriller jacket put up for sale

THE jacket Michael Jackson wore in his Thriller video is being put up for auction.

Auctioneer Darren Julien said the red and black leather jacket was “the most recognised and significant piece of pop culture” to come up for sale, and he expects it to fetch at least $200,000 (€136,000) at the Music Icons auction on June 25 and 26 in Beverly Hills.

Other Jackson items on the block include the wig he wore when he announced his ill-fated This Is It concert series, his shirt from the Scream video and the battered mailbox from the Carolwood Drive estate where Jackson died aged 50 in 2009.