You can own the glittery glove that Michael Jackson wore when he unveiled his moonwalk. The glove worn by Jackson on television in 1983 will be auctioned off.
The glove is a left-handed glove that accompanied Jackson's fedora and dance moves on Motown's 25th-anniversary TV special. According to the description it is a modified, store-bought glove covered with a mesh of rhinestones.
The Jackson glove will be featured alongside other one-of-a-kind items including an early Madonna demo tape and unreleased Jimi Hendrix lyrics at the Music Icons auction to be held November 21 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City's Times Square.
Jackson's other famous gloves were made for the right hand and adorned with hand-sewn crystals. Walter "Clyde" Orange, a founding member of the Commodores, has been holding onto the glove since Jackson gave it to him in 1983, has kept this glove.
Orange said he got to know Jackson when the Commodores toured with the Jackson 5 in the 1970s. Orange would always ask the young entertainer for an autograph, but Jackson refused, saying Orange was the more famous of the two. The autograph request became a private joke.
Jackson and Orange met again in March 1983 when the Motown special was taped. Orange found his friend backstage and again requested an autograph. Jackson gave him the glove instead. After Jackson's June 25 death at age 50, Orange decided the glove was too significant to keep. "There's a hundred other gloves out there, but this is the one you want."
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