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Michael Jackson Furniture Soon To Be Up For Auction

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Foxbury Manor -- The mansion Michael was going to rent in Kent.

Michael Jackson spent more than $700,000 on all sorts of flamboyant furniture before he died, but now that furniture is going up for auction.

Jackson ordered the unique items for a London mansion he was supposed to live in during the run of his "This Is It" tour.
However, Jackson died before the Italian furniture maker, Colombostile, could deliver the goods.

Colombostile tells us they plan to auction the items off in the near future.

Among the items were lavish sofas, a crystal-encrusted chair, a desk with a secret compartment and a chair specifically for his friend Elizabeth Taylor to sit in when she came to visit.


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Michael bought this chair specifically for Elizabeth Taylor. We're told Michael was going to put this in a room he was designing for her in his London home.

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Michael's favorite piece. Cost him $120,000. The sofa is fifteen feet long and has inlaid onyx stones. We're told Michael wanted to use it on stage at his London concerts.

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This $110,000 table was handmade and was modeled after a desk given to King Louis XIV. Table contains a secret compartment -- which Michael loved.

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Michael bought six of these chairs -- four for his game room and two for his master bathroom.

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Chair contains hand embroidered 24k gold and was modeled after furniture from Tsar Nicholas II's collection.

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This chair was made for Michael's "Little Mermaid" themed room.

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Michael loved this hanging table...but wasn't sure what the heck he was going to do with it.

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This table was supposed to go in Michael's library.

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This sofa was made from the highest quality velvet...and the pillows are made out of the same fabric as Michael's costumes. It was meant for his bedroom.


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A chair specifically for Liz to sit in when she came to visit? :') I miss him so much.
[info]ich_liebe_emily 15th-Jan-2010 08:10 pm (UTC)
imma buy all dis
[info]lumaria 15th-Jan-2010 08:10 pm (UTC)
I...don't like any of it. It's too ornate for me. But seems fitting for him.
[info]bearlovesyou123 15th-Jan-2010 08:12 pm (UTC)
i watched all the new-released footage today for 'this is it' and can't wait for jan 26. i am bummed that bluray is getting more features (i dont have one of those), so i'm hoping someone will upload them online for all of us dvd-playing asses.
[info]ourabouras 15th-Jan-2010 10:34 pm (UTC)
i am really starting to hate blue-ray. i hate the fact that they keep trying to force me to buy this totally obnoxious format.





the crazy french/baroque couch is my favorite.
[info]diosabellissima 15th-Jan-2010 08:12 pm (UTC)
Lil' Mermaid room? Aw. Whether it's a gigantic, insanely expensive chair or a little Walmart something, it's adorable when daddies by "girlie things" for their daughters. My heart is melted.
[info]lucky_latkes 15th-Jan-2010 08:12 pm (UTC)
speaking of mermaids, i have something to post about that for all of you shamone members who happen to wander over here and look at this. just my observation...
[info]unfed_heart 15th-Jan-2010 08:31 pm (UTC)
please do tell...
[info]lucky_latkes 15th-Jan-2010 08:37 pm (UTC)
oh, i'm going to make a post about it after i get back from my student media meeting. shangri_la's posts have got me thinking and i just wanted to make a comparison post. he always talked about peter pan and never wanting to grow up, but the more i thought about it the more one dimensional it became. so i'll post it over there later in the afternoon once i figure out how to word it coherently.

//tl;dr
[info]unfed_heart 15th-Jan-2010 08:59 pm (UTC)
haha, ok...I'll watch out for it!
[info]shangri__la 16th-Jan-2010 05:00 am (UTC)
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS.
[info]bunnii0 15th-Jan-2010 08:12 pm (UTC)
I don't think I'd be able to live in a house with furniture like that without getting a headache.
[info]mcpofife 15th-Jan-2010 08:19 pm (UTC)
that is some fantastic furniture. i wouldn't want to own most of it, but i would love seeing it in someone else's house.

"little mermaid-themed room"? AMAZING.
[info]another_slender 15th-Jan-2010 08:20 pm (UTC)
"little mermaid-themed room"? AMAZING.

IKR? Be still my beating heart.
[info]mcpofife 15th-Jan-2010 09:59 pm (UTC)
i'm just imagining it, full of gadgets and gizmos, whoseits & whatsits galore and 20 thingamabobs..
[info]another_slender 15th-Jan-2010 10:12 pm (UTC)
But who cares? No big deal. He wants moooooooore.
[info]zdisneygirl1990 15th-Jan-2010 08:19 pm (UTC)
I'd be too afraid to do anything but stare at this furniture. There's no way I'd be able to sit on one of those chairs without a fear of somehow ruining it.
[info]rhapsodeeinblue 15th-Jan-2010 08:21 pm (UTC)


...I have to see the rest of this room.
[info]nerdpirate 15th-Jan-2010 08:23 pm (UTC)
Lol, I actually love the first chair, silver chair and silver pillows.
[info]truthisadrug 15th-Jan-2010 08:31 pm (UTC)
my only question was how wide are those stairs if that first chair there is sitting on one stair. visual trickery?
[info]skeet_skeet 15th-Jan-2010 08:34 pm (UTC)
The big red ones look like they could be from a 90s Real World.

Edited at 2010-01-15 09:01 pm (UTC)
[info]lucky_latkes 15th-Jan-2010 08:38 pm (UTC)
or from singled out. 90's mtv was awesome, even though i was only a wee one who wasn't supposed to be watching. lol
[info]anais_molko 15th-Jan-2010 08:36 pm (UTC)
he was one of the most cheesiest men in the world i swear to god
[info]1001petals 15th-Jan-2010 08:53 pm (UTC)
bad taste is universal. this is just what happens when someone has enough to make it happen -- ever watch cribs or that show about people who won the lottery?
[info]anais_molko 15th-Jan-2010 08:56 pm (UTC)
lmao yeah, the mermaid room actually reminded me of Mariah's little theatre dedicated to her The Little Mermaid obsession
[info]unfed_heart 15th-Jan-2010 08:59 pm (UTC)
lol, i actually loved her little mermaid room!
[info]anais_molko 15th-Jan-2010 09:01 pm (UTC)
it's so cute negl and the little bar in the background and the movie playing there 24/7


but the thing i loved the most in her appartment is her fucking shoe closet... or should i call it a room or literally a store
[info]unfed_heart 15th-Jan-2010 09:07 pm (UTC)
lol. a mariah song just popped up on my shuffle.

THAT CLOSET, lord have mercy, that closet is what my dreams are made of.
[info]darkanddusty 15th-Jan-2010 08:39 pm (UTC)
If I had the money, I would totally buy Liz Taylor's chair, and then give it to her: "Here. This belongs with you."
[info]sky_ablaze 15th-Jan-2010 08:41 pm (UTC)
aww :) i hope someone actually does that.
[info]sky_ablaze 15th-Jan-2010 08:40 pm (UTC)
i looove the table with the secret compartment.
[info]london_evenings 15th-Jan-2010 08:41 pm (UTC)
It's all tacky and I love it. I want it.
[info]coldxxheritage 15th-Jan-2010 08:52 pm (UTC)
wow, this is sooo michael. haha. btw- what were you gonna do with that piece in your bedroom mike?
[info]ladypolitik 16th-Jan-2010 05:30 am (UTC)
[info]jessie622 15th-Jan-2010 08:53 pm (UTC)
A chair for Elizabeth? Aw.

OTP
[info]callme_boots 15th-Jan-2010 08:57 pm (UTC)
I kind of really want those pillows
[info]ohmyphwoarrr 15th-Jan-2010 09:14 pm (UTC)
holy shit that desk is amazing
[info]markielou 15th-Jan-2010 09:15 pm (UTC)
Oh good, because I'm moving soon and need furniture.

And all of this stuff is SO my style. Especially that flying wall table thingy.
[info]some_dumb_kid 15th-Jan-2010 09:56 pm (UTC)
the king louis xvi desk, the 15 foot couch & the silver chairs are so nice, i wish i had the money for that stuff - too bad he didn't leave the desk to one of his kids, it's so bad ass!
[info]susy_sprinkles 15th-Jan-2010 10:17 pm (UTC)
WOAH....WANT IT ALL (and aww the little mermaid chair :) I luv that movie SFM)
[info]rinoachan326 15th-Jan-2010 10:18 pm (UTC)
So, I totally read that as "Michael Jackson Funeral Soon To Be Up For Auction" and got really really confused.
[info]luck_struck 16th-Jan-2010 12:26 am (UTC)
I hope the estate gets the money.
[info]muted_hitokiri 16th-Jan-2010 06:15 pm (UTC)
Supposedly the artist gave the estate back the money Michael paid for it, and that's why it's being sold now.
[info]luck_struck 16th-Jan-2010 11:33 pm (UTC)
I read somewhere that she actually didn't get any money and the estate had no idea what they were talking about. idk
[info]hositdown89 16th-Jan-2010 01:33 am (UTC)
That stuff is so tacky.
[info]leitao 16th-Jan-2010 02:05 am (UTC)
I love the King Louis desk. Reminds me of when I went to a museum that had a section of it modeled to look like a typical lounge room of the wealthy in 18th century France. I WANTED TO LIVE THERE. XD
[info]shanny_w 16th-Jan-2010 02:16 am (UTC)
ok I'm gettin mah bids in now.
[info]hey_its_anna 16th-Jan-2010 06:33 pm (UTC)
Michael bought six of these chairs -- four for his game room and two for his master bathroom.

I want a bathroom that's big enough to put chairs in! UNFAIR!
[info]ticklemepink127 16th-Jan-2010 07:35 pm (UTC)
WOW. I want it. and that first sofa, holy crap. i want to know what song he wanted to use it with
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