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Michael Jackson's iconic Thriller jacket, Princess Diana's personal belongings and rare memorabilia from some of the world's biggest celebrities are heading to auction in Abu Dhabi!Julien's Auctions is preparing a major celebrity memorabilia sale featuring nearly 400 items associated with Michael Jackson and more than 100 items belonging to Princess Diana.Among the biggest highlights is Michael Jackson's original red and black leather jacket from the legendary 1983 Thriller music video. Auction officials expect the iconic jacket to fetch more than $10 million, making it one of the most talked-about celebrity memorabilia pieces in the upcoming sale.The collection also includes Jackson's famous crystal-covered Motown glove, previously sold for a record $430,000 in 2009, with a new estimate of $600,000 to $800,000. His Smooth Criminal suit, Bad-era costumes, signature accessories and specially designed anti-gravity lean shoes are also featured.Princess Diana's collection includes more than 100 pieces, including her 1995 CFDA Awards gown, personal accessories, jewellery, handbags, shoes and items connected to her humanitarian campaign against landmines.A pink Ralph Lauren shirt and driving shoes worn by Diana are among the featured lots.The auction will also showcase memorabilia associated with Sharon Stone, Kurt Cobain and basketball legend Kobe Bryant.The six-part auction programme is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi from December 7 to December 9, 2026.From Michael Jackson's legendary stage costumes to Princess Diana's personal fashion collection, the upcoming auctions bring some remarkable pieces of entertainment and cultural history back into the spotlight.Watch for a closer look at the extraordinary celebrity collections.

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00:14So we have almost 400 items from Michael Jackson included, and then we have an amazing Princess
00:20Diana auction, of course she's always such a global celebrity, and we have pop culture legends.
00:56We lost Michael 17 years ago, sadly, but we have
00:59his music, we have his incredible outfits, and of course his dance moves.
01:04And so when people see these items, they're instantly recognizable.
01:26We expect it to sell for more than 10 million.
01:29Yeah, it's truly iconic, there's only one of them.
01:32And the other one from the zombie scene is owned by the estate, and this is the actual
01:38one that we see in lots of the moves and the dance moves in the video.
01:43So it's really a very special jacket.
01:54It's a leather glove.
01:56It's a golf glove made in Korea, with just strips of the crystal whip stitched onto it.
02:01We sold in 2009, it's in the Guinness Book of World Records, as the most expensive glove
02:06ever sold for 430,000 US dollars.
02:09So we estimated six to 800,000 conservatively, but it'll sell in the millions.
02:14It's one of the most iconic pieces of pop culture treasures that you could come or bring to the
02:22auction block.
02:28So every glove tells a story.
02:30Every piece tells a story.
02:32And so people are looking to the story, we're all nostalgic and we think, oh, I saw the thriller
02:37video.
02:37I saw the moon, when he first did the moonwalk, how incredible that was in 1983.
02:43You know, then you have the glove he wore, the last photo shoot for Vibe magazine.
02:47You have the Victory Tour glove, the fantasy gloves.
02:51Each glove has a different meaning.
02:54The bidding public determines the importance of the gloves and how important or how special
03:00it was to them.
03:05And this belt was created by Tomkins and Bush, Michael Jackson wore this to the A&A Awards.
03:13Look at the detail on here, and of course, bad.
03:16So this is from the bad era, bad tour.
03:19These are very special because these are Michael Jackson's lean shoes.
03:24So you can see here where there's like a wedge cut out of the heel of the shoes.
03:31Bolt would come up from the stage.
03:33Michael would clip into the bolt, do his lean, wow his audience, back, step off the bolt.
03:40Bolt would go back down to the floor and he'd continue on doing his dance moves.
03:54Music
03:58.
04:13when you look at this people instantly know smooth criminal Michael was disappointed because he said
04:19when he's on stage everything had to move for him they actually put a quarter 25 cents in here into
04:26the ties when Michael was was dancing there was weight on the tie and the tie would actually move
04:32as he was doing his movements we have over a hundred and ten items from Princess Diana including
04:38incredible gowns shoes handbags jewelry handwritten cards and notes
05:06princess Diana wore this going to the CFDA Awards at Lincoln Center 1995
05:20very beautiful gown sold by Diana herself at her auction here in New York to raise money for
05:26charities in June of 1997 and that was sadly two months before we tragedy lost Princess Diana
05:49it was also very refreshing to see the princess the future Queen of England at that time just show up
05:57in a polo shirt a pair of jeans and like a pair of moccasin driving shoes that purchased from
06:03suffragist department store in London
06:32people see these items as you know pop culture
06:35treasures but of course they're also an asset class so when you buy these on my advice to everyone
06:42is you're just the caretaker because as much as you think I own this now it will come back to
06:48the
06:48auction eventually and you want to bring it back in good condition you want people to be able to
06:52continue to enjoy it for the next hundred years

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