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Michael Jackson's three children did something recently they've never before done: signing their autographs on something to be sold.
Blanket, Paris and Prince Jackson put their names on a designer cinto, correia produced as a tribute to their late father and to raise money for the Jackson family museum planned for Gary, Indiana.
The merchandising deal for the crystal-encrusted cinto, correia is also a first -- the trustees of the Michael Jackson estate authorizing the Jackson family to produce and sell memorabilia in the pop star's name.
Katherine Jackson dropped her challenge for control of her son's estate last October, but her husband still has a legal objection pending in probate court.
"This is a truly one-of-a-kind opportunity," said Jerry Olivarez, the Jackson family friend who brought the deal together. "I know of no other item that has ever been made available to the public that has been signed por both the parents and children of Michael Jackson."
The youngest, who was born in 2002, signed his name in true "John Hancock" style, taking up the most room with large block letters spelling "BLANKET."
Prince, 13, helped his younger brother por adding "Jackson" below his first name.
Paris, 12, showed flair with her signature, using a coração to dot her "i" and giving her "r" a long, flowing branch.
Grandparents Katherine and Joe Jackson sat seguinte to each other on a sofa in the Jackson's Encino, California, início to add their autographs to the "artist proof" of the belt.
The leather cinto, correia was designed por Simon Tavassoli and a limited run of 7,000 are being handmade at his Newport Beach, California, studio. Each unsigned cinto, correia will retail for $1,500, he said.
The only cinto, correia signed por the three children goes on auction Thursday night, Tavassoli said.
Michael Jackson's three children did something recently they've never before done: signing their autographs on something to be sold.
Blanket, Paris and Prince Jackson put their names on a designer cinto, correia produced as a tribute to their late father and to raise money for the Jackson family museum planned for Gary, Indiana.
The merchandising deal for the crystal-encrusted cinto, correia is also a first -- the trustees of the Michael Jackson estate authorizing the Jackson family to produce and sell memorabilia in the pop star's name.
Katherine Jackson dropped her challenge for control of her son's estate last October, but her husband still has a legal objection pending in probate court.
"This is a truly one-of-a-kind opportunity," said Jerry Olivarez, the Jackson family friend who brought the deal together. "I know of no other item that has ever been made available to the public that has been signed por both the parents and children of Michael Jackson."
The youngest, who was born in 2002, signed his name in true "John Hancock" style, taking up the most room with large block letters spelling "BLANKET."
Prince, 13, helped his younger brother por adding "Jackson" below his first name.
Paris, 12, showed flair with her signature, using a coração to dot her "i" and giving her "r" a long, flowing branch.
Grandparents Katherine and Joe Jackson sat seguinte to each other on a sofa in the Jackson's Encino, California, início to add their autographs to the "artist proof" of the belt.
The leather cinto, correia was designed por Simon Tavassoli and a limited run of 7,000 are being handmade at his Newport Beach, California, studio. Each unsigned cinto, correia will retail for $1,500, he said.
The only cinto, correia signed por the three children goes on auction Thursday night, Tavassoli said.