Michael Jackson's jacket sold at auction for Sh28 million

Michael Jackson wearing the jacket.

Michael Jackson’s iconic black “Bad” jacket, which he wore on his first solo tour, sold for $298,000 (Sh29 million) late Saturday, about three times its original asking price, at a New York auction which featured items from music legends Prince, Madonna, John Lennon and others, officials announced.

Julien’s Auctions had an original asking price of $100,000 (Sh10 million) for the jacket that Jackson signed on the back with a silver permanent marker and was worn throughout the singer’s “Bad” world concert tour from 1987-89.