On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, an online auction began, organized by the auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll from New Jersey. Items were put up, once belonging to great artists who enrolled in the pages of the history of the world of music. Auction participants can fight, among others for souvenirs after Bobi Dylana, Elvisie Presleyu Whether Michael Jackson.
Among the valuable items that the stars left behind, and now fans can buy them, included The album signed by the king of pop “Thriller”as well as the characteristic black gloves that the singer wore during the concert tour promoting the album “Bad” from 1988
Cassettes with Michael Jackson recordings put up for sale
Three tape recorder cassettes are also the subject of the auction. They aroused the greatest interest among Michael Jackson’s listeners, because they never include unpublished and unleofed recordings of the artist’s songs from many years ago. On the cassettes you can find songs such as “7 Digits”, “All the Truth You Need” Whether “Don’t Believe It”.
“Fans of new music, which is why these tapes arouse great interest. We hope that they will go to a collector who will appreciate this amazing find” – said the general director of the auction house, Dylan Kosinski.
The heirs of the king of pop demand the interruption of the auction
However, it turns out that putting cassettes for sale has not been accepted by the heirs of the pop icon. As they emphasized in the statement forwarded to the media, these are the only copies of the original recordings of the mentioned songs by Michael Jackson. So they are afraid that after purchasing by the wrong person, they will disappear forever.
“This is a sad attempt to mislead the public,” explain the representatives Michael Jackson Estate. “What we sell has no copyright, and thus cannot be reproduced and distributed by the buyer. Cassettes should be treated as an artifact” – explains Dylan Kosinski.
How much do you have to pay for commemorative cassettes after Michael Jackson?
It is not known whether the sale of cassettes will actually take place, but at the moment the auction was not blocked by Jackson heirs and is still ongoing. The starting price of the recordings is 85 thousand dollars. The facility forecasts that the amount can reach even to 200 thousand dollars.