NEW YORK — The shimmering white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 — plus tax — Saturday.
Winning bidder Hoffman Ma of Hong Kong will pay $420,000, including taxes and fees, for the rhinestone-studded, modified golf glove Jackson wore on his left hand for his moonwalk on Motown’s 25th anniversary TV special. Ma bought it on behalf of the Ponte 16 Resort Hotel in Macau.
The glove was the top item in a collection of Jackson memorabilia on the block at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. Its pre-auction estimate was $40,000 to $60,000.
A jacket that Jackson wore on his 1989 “Bad” tour fetched $225,000 — 20 times its low estimate of $8,000. The fedora that Jackson wore for the moonwalk sold for $22,000.
