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Thrilling price for Jacko's jacket

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Jun 27, 2011 Updated Jun 30, 2011

One of the world's most famous leather jackets has just been sold at auction for a cool 1.8 million dollars.

One of the two jackets worn by Michael Jackson during the filming of his 1983 'Thriller' video clip was bought at the weekend by Milton Verret, a commodities trader from Austin, Texas, who says the jacket will be sent on tour and used as a fundraising tool for children's charities.

A portion of the sale price will also go to the Shambala Preserve, a big cat sanctuary in California which is currently home to a tiger previously owned by Jackson.

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