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The silk pyjamas worn by Michael Jackson (3,000-5,000). UPDATE: These were bought by an American entertainment company for 2,700.

A pair of silk pyjamas worn by Michael Jackson is among the more unusual lots at an Irish auction on November 6.  The superstar loved Ireland and visited the country many times, often to escape the media frenzy surrounding him.  Jackson, who had sell out concerts in Dublin and Cork, is remembered by many who met him in Ireland as “ordinary”.  He did ordinary things in this country like visiting a bookshop with his children, taking them bowling, and visiting a Kentucky Fried Chicken takeaway food centre.

It is reckoned by some people who were close to him that had he survived he might have lived in Ireland, where he seemed to find some sort of tranquility.  He spent part of 2006 at Coolatore House in Co. Westmeath with no security or entourage, just his three children and their tutor and reputedly said when leaving:  ‘This is the only place we’ve ever felt like a real family’.

The American federal style bed used by Michael Jackson at Coolatore House (5,000-8,000). UPDATE: An Irish buyer paid 6,200 for this bed.

Matthews Auctioneers of Oldcastle will conduct the on the premises sale of 600 lots at Coolatore House, Moate, Co. Westmeath.  The sale features everything from antique furniture to a life size statue of St. Patrick.  The silk pyjamas by “Ladyline”, worn and favoured by Michael Jackson are estimated at 3,000-5,000 euro.  The carved mahogany Federal style bed he slept in is estimated at 5,000-8,000.

Eileen Gray, Transat Armchair. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

Eileen Gray Coffee table (click to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE 336,750.

Major works by Eileen Gray, the world renowned Irish designer, are among seven Art Deco masterpieces from the 1920’s-’30’s at Sotheby’s in Paris on November 22.

Gray’s legendary Transat armchair (est. 800,000-1 million euro) and an extraordinary monumental curved bar by Eckart Muthesius (400,000-600,000) were designed for the Palace of the Maharajah of Indore. They were at Sotheby’s Monaco sale of furniture from the Maharajah’s Palace in 1980.

Other highlights include a coffee table Gray designed for her own home, the villa Tempe à Pailla in the South of France.  Of copper and tubular steel it was bequeathed by Gray to the mother of the present owner.  It is estimated at 100,000-150,000.

There is a spectacular pair of monumental mirrored moulded glass doors by René Lalique measuring nine feet by six feet (400,000-600,000)(update: they made 2,024,750) and a monumental decorative eight fold panel by Jean Dunand from 1929.  Entitled Monkey’s Playing in the Trees it is of coloured lacquer with incised motifs on a gold leaf ground.  It measurs 15′ x 9′ and is estimated at 300,000-500,000. (Update: this was unsold).  Other lots include an iconic dining table table in black lacquered oxidised metal by Eugène Printz (300,000-500,000) and an oak and palissander shagreen lined cabinet by Marcel Coard c1927.  This is estimated at 150,000-200,000.

Curved bar unit in black painted wood and alpaca by Eckart Muthesius. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD