Holy collectibles Batman played by Michael Keaton! Over the weekend in the southern Chinese city of Macau, a basketball autographed by Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson sold for $294,000 U.S. at an auction to an anonymous American online bidder named “Jam”. Originally the basketball — used in the 1992 music video “Jam” had a pre-sale estimate of $600.
In total, more than $1 million U.S. was racked in for Michael Jackson memorabilia. Other items auctioned were a black crystal-studded glove Jackson wore in 1995 that fetched $180,000 U.S. and one of the red zipper jackets you wanted as a kid that Jackson wore in the Beat It video that garnered $156,000 U.S.
Other celebrity items up for sale included sneakers worn by Bruce Lee, a Madonna costume, a Marilyn Monroe black lace bra and the Batman costume Michael Keaton wore in “Batman Returns” and let me tell you, it fits great.
Watch Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson dribbling the most expensive basketball on the planet in the “Jam” video after the jump.
