June 28, 2009
Sudden death raises bids for dolls on eBay
Deb Elliott is saddened by Michael Jackson’s sudden death, but she’s also a little wealthier because of it.
The response was underwhelming earlier this month when she tried to auction a pair of 1980s Jackson dolls for a starting price of $9.95 apiece on eBay Inc. But within minutes of Jackson’s death Thursday, eBay bids started coming in. A doll depicting Jackson at the American Music Awards fetched $265 after 21 bids. A Grammy Awards Jackson doll got 36 bids and sold for $227.50 on Friday.
“This was definitely a cause for mixed emotions,” Elliott said. “I finally got rid of the dolls, but now Michael is gone, too.”
EBay reported the average selling price for Jackson items jumped 31 percent Thursday from averages last week. Among the items up for sale: a signed fedora hat, offered at $9,795.
Tour companies, exhibits draw crowds
In Hollywood, the sudden death of Michael Jackson is drawing crowds of tourists and changing the itinerary for celebrity tour operators and museum exhibits in Los Angeles.
Jackson’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, near Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, was so overrun by fans that some tourists couldn’t get close enough to see it.
Dearly Departed, the tour bus company that offers a “Hollywood Tragic History Tour,” plans to include a stop at the Holmby Hills home where paramedics were called to revive the dying Jackson.
“This is what we do,” said tour company owner Scott Michaels
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