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.