Jacko’s manager wants to display star’s personal memorabilia

October 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - French designer Christian Audigier has rubbished reports that he has bought late King of Pop Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch home. The owner of popular Ed Hardy clothing line is said to have paid 90 million dollars for his friend's former home, but he insists he would never have bought a place that only held bad memories for the Thriller hitmaker.

October 4th, 2009 LONDON - French fashion designer Christian Audigier has refuted claims that he has purchased Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch home in Santa Barbara County, California. However, the creator of fashion line Ed Hardy has bought the LA home the King of Pop passed away in.

September 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An exhibition for paying tribute to the late 'Beatles' star George Harrison in his hometown has been cancelled after a rare signed photograph of the star was stolen. The 'For George' tribute opened in early August in his native Liverpool, England.

August 22nd, 2009 Judge approves Michael Jackson memorabilia dealLOS ANGELES — A judge has approved a deal between Michael Jackson's estate and concert promoter AEG Live to exhibit the King of Pop's memorabilia, over the objections of the singer's mother. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved the deal after an evidentiary hearing Friday.

August 18th, 2009 Judge approves Michael Jackson merchandising dealLOS ANGELES — Official Michael Jackson merchandise will soon arrive on store shelves, but the fate of a proposed tour of the King of Pop's memorabilia remains in limbo after the singer's mother expressed renewed concerns on Monday. Attorneys for Katherine Jackson withdrew their objections to an agreement with merchandiser Bravado to bring everything from Jackson trading cards, apparel and cell phone themes to consumers.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - An unseen picture of Sir Paul McCartney, taken in 1952 when he was a schoolboy, is set to go under the hammer on August 29. The snap shows the former Beatle's head buried in a comic while being surrounded by classmates from Joseph Williams School, Liverpool.

August 8th, 2009 LONDON - Barbra Streisand has handed out more than 400 personal items to go under the hammer in New York. The singer donated items including performance costumes, paintings, furniture and other collectables that will be put on display in Newbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland, in September while the sale will be held in October.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - A jumper from the days when late King of Pop Michael Jackson used to be a part of 'Jackson 5' has fetched a whopping 36,000 pounds on eBay. Fans have been flocking the online auction site to bid for exclusive Jacko memorabilia.

July 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's illuminating white gloves, which he wore on The Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour will go under the hammer in October. The sale will be conducted at Profiles In History auction.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Los Angeles-based Julien's Auctions, which had to pull back a Michael Jackson Neverland estate sale at the last minute in April, are keen to restage the event if the late pop star's family gives them the nod. The owner of the auction house, Darren Julien and his partner Martin Nolan had to return all 1,390 items they had hoped to put under the hammer after Jackson's attorneys insisted they had no right to sell the memorabilia, reported contactmusic.com.

June 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's father Joe has said that information regarding the funeral of his legendary son will be provided only after the result of the second autopsy is out. "We aren't ready for [releasing information on the funeral].

June 27th, 2009 LONDON - A Simpsons fan has shelled out 150, 000 pounds on a massive collection based on the popular cartoon family. Glynne Williams spent the staggering amount on 30,000 pieces of memorabilia, including themed crockery and life-size models of Homer and wife Marge.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - An exhibition of more than 100 previously unseen images of stars from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles are set to go on display in a National Portrait Gallery exhibition celebrating the music and fashion of the Swinging Sixties. The exhibition titled 'Beatles to Bowie: The 60s Exposed' runs from October 15 to January 24 in London.

June 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late pop star Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine, has revealed that the personal doctors looking after the 'Thriller' star tried to resuscitate him for an hour. "My brother, the legendary king of pop, Michael Jackson, passed away on Thursday, June 25, at 2:26 p.m.," Us magazine quoted him as telling reporters at UCLA Medical Center.

June 1st, 2009 Kindle display maker E Ink gets acquired for $215MNEW YORK — E Ink Corp., the maker of the innovative display for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and other devices, has agreed to be acquired by a Taiwanese company for $215 million. The acquirer is Prime View International, which has been Cambridge, Mass.-based E Ink's manufacturing partner in supplying "electronic ink" displays for Amazon's and Sony's e-book readers.