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Some Jacko and Madonna pop memorabilia has been flogged in an auction

  • June 26, 2012
  • Joel Freeman

An auction held on the eve of the third anniversary of Michael Jackson's death sold off some items of pop mem­or­ab­ilia — and Madonna's underwear — for ridicu­lous sums of money.

Among the items sold were the hand­writ­ten lyrics to 'Billie Jean' — sold for $40,625 — and a Video Music Award won by Michael Jackson, which sold for the modest amount of $50,000.

Meanwhile, if you had $34,375 to hand in the auction you could have bought a negligee worn by Madonna on her Blonde Ambition tour, or a pair of her pants for $13,750.

What a bargain.

Other items included a dress Whitney Houston wore to the Grammys and a jumpsuit she performed in, selling for $20,480 and $10,240 respect­ively.

No news of the figure obtained by Faye Tozer's manky old scarf but we'll keep you posted.

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