{"id":448080,"date":"2011-06-27T03:17:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/27\/1-8m-for-jackson-thriller-jacket\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T03:17:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T03:17:33","slug":"1-8m-for-jackson-thriller-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/1-8m-for-jackson-thriller-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.8m for Jackson Thriller jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"38.6787479407\"><span><span>26 June 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>23:17 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A leather jacket worn by US singer Michael Jackson in his renowned Thriller video has sold at auction in California for $1.8m (\u00a31.1m).<\/p>\n<p>Jackson wore the jacket in the 1983 video, in a scene with a troupe of zombies who rise from their graves and break into a dance routine.<\/p>\n<p>It was bought by a Texas commodities trader who said he planned to use it to raise money for children&#8217;s charities.<\/p>\n<p>The sale was organised by Julien&#8217;s Auction in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-13923077\" title=\"$1.8m for Jackson Thriller jacket\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1.8m for Jackson Thriller jacket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 26 June 2011 Last updated at 23:17 ET A leather jacket worn by US singer Michael Jackson in his renowned Thriller video has sold at auction in California for $1.8m (\u00a31.1m). 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