Michael Jackson items on show in Tokyo

Crystal-studded gloves and socks, a set of Jackson 5 jumpsuits and other items from Michael Jackson’s career went on display in Tokyo yesterday ahead of their auction in Macau later this year.

The exhibition features more than 60 items from the late “King of Pop” that will go under the hammer – along with other western pop and Hollywood memorabilia – in the glitzy gambling resort near Hong Kong in October.

“It’s the best collection of Michael Jackson items that we’ve ever assembled, and all come to us from his family and from friends he gave them to,” said Darren Julien, chief executive officer of US-based Julien’s Auctions.

The items include a right-hand black crystal-studded glove, a jacket Mr Jackson wore during filming of a 1984 Pepsi commercial in which he suffered serious burns in an accident, and white cotton socks encrusted with clear crystals.