Michael Jackson’s costume from Thriller

Michael Jackson wore the Thriller jacket in the music video for "Thriller" in 1983. The candy-apple-red jacket with black stripes, designed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, was notable for its multiple zips, "M" emblem, and Star Trek-esque angular, rigid shoulder design. The jacket was widely imitated and became the "hottest outerwear craze of the mid-1980s." In 1984, Jackson filed a lawsuit in New York City to prohibit illegal replicas of the jacket and other products from selling for more than $500.

Julien's Auctions sold the jacket for $1.8 million on June 27, 2011. The jacket was characterized by the buyer, Milton Verret, as "the greatest piece of rock and roll memorabilia in history." The jacket's revenues went to the Shambala Animal Kingdom, which kept Jackson's Bengal tigers after he left Neverland Ranch in 2006.

Price: $1.8 million