Michael Jackson`s deathbed pulled from auction
The late singer`s estate stepped in and asked Julien`s Auctions to remove the grisly item - which had a pre-sale start price of between $3,000 and $5,000 - from going under the hammer.
The queen-sized headboard was previously removed from the auction, but the mattress was reportedly never on sale because it was taken away for evidence when the `Thriller` hitmaker died from acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009 aged 50.
A number of items from Michael`s rented mansion - located at 100 North Carolwood Drive in Los Angeles - where he spent his final hours are set to go on sale at the auction house`s gallery on Wilshire Boulevard on December 17, including high-priced paintings by Maurice Utrillo and Henri Rosseau, candles and silverware.
A kitchen chalkboard with a handwritten note which reads "I [heart] Daddy. SMILE, it`s for free," written in childlike text - which is thought to have been penned by one of Michael`s three children, Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and `Blanket`, nine, who were also living at the house - is also set to go under the hammer.
Darren Julien, president of Julien`s Auctions, said: "We want to preserve the history of these items."
Michael`s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in relation to the King of Pop`s death earlier this month.
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