The piece is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 euros (between 66,000 and 110,000 dollars), reported the Parisian auction house Drouot.
Michael Jackson threw this hat offstage while dancing to “Billie Jean” on March 25, 1983, during a gala celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Motown record label.
The sale, organized by two companies specializing in objects related to rock and roll, will include a total of about 200 objects, including photos, posters, concert tickets, a Madonna gold record, etc…
A guitar of the blues player T-Bone Walker stands out, of which only 22 copies were made in 1949.
The two organizing companies, Artpeges and Lemon Auction, managed to sell last year a guitar that Noel Gallagher, of the Oasis group, broke the day the group broke up.
The guitar was sold for close to half a million dollars.