♪ THIS IS THRILLER, THRILLER
NIGHT.
♪ NO ONE'S GOING TO SAVE YOU
FROM THE BEAST ABOUT TO STRIKE.
>> MARIA: FROM MICHAEL JACKSON
TO ELVIS PRESLEY AND PRINCE,
ICONIC CELEBRITY ITEMS ARE
COMING TO THE AUCTION BLOCK THIS
WEEKEND AT GWS AUCTIONS.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE BIG ITEMS ON
SET.
JOINING ME IS BRIDGETTE CRUZ,
OWNER AND CHIEF AUCTIONEER IN
LOS ANGELES.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I LOVE THAT YOU BROUGHT ALL THIS
STUFF.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE AUCTION
BUSINESS?
>> IT WAS A FAMILY BUSINESS.
I'M FIFTH GENERATION.
I DON'T THINK I HAD MUCH CHOICE
TO GET INTO THIS BUSINESS.
IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE.
>> MARIA: YOU MUST LOVE IT
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THESE
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
WHAT MOVES THE PRICE IN TERMS OF
SOME OF THESE ITEMS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S MOSTLY TRENDS, WHAT'S
POPULAR, WHAT'S NOT.
YOU KIND OF HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.
IT CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME.
THERE'S CERTAIN CATEGORIES THAT
ARE TIME.
>> MARIA: LET'S START WITH THE
PRINCE, PURPLE OVERCOAT USED BY
THE LATE PRINCE DURING THE
FILMING OF "PURPLE RAIN."
TELL US ABOUT THIS.
>> THIS CAME FROM THE DAUGHTER
IN LAW OF ONE OF THE SET
DESIGNERS FROM "PURPLE RAIN."
I BELIEVE IT GROSSED OVER
$80 MILLION IN 1984 WHICH WAS
UNHEARD OF.
>> MARIA: WOULD YOU.
>> WITH THE WAIST DETAIL AND THE
PEARL INSERTS, IT'S A LOVELY
PIECE.
>> MARIA: WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS
WILL GO FOR?
>> PRIOR
>> WRIOR
>> WE'OR
>> WE'RE PREDICTING IN THE 3500
TO $5,000 RANGE.
>> MARIA: WHEN PEOPLE BUY THESE
ITEMS, THEY DO IT TO COLLECT AND
PUT THEM SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY
WILL SAVE THEM AND CHERISH THEM
AND MAKE SURE THE VALUE STAYS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WEAR IT.
>> DEFINITELY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO THAT'S A
LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THESE
PIECES ARE PERFECT BY THE TIME
THEY GET TO THE BIDDER'S HANDS.
IF WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BITTER,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY
RECEIVE THE MOST PRISTINE ASSET
POSSIBLE.
>> MARIA: LET'S LOOK AT THIS
ONE, ONE OF THE RARE LEFT HANDED
VERSION OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S
TRADEMARK GLOVE.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
>> THIS IS WHAT THEY CONSIDER
THE SECOND GENERATION MICHAEL
JACKSON GLOVE.
THERE IS THE BILL WHITEN GLOVE.
HE HELPED MICHAEL JACKSON CREATE
THE FIRST GENERATION.
THIS IS THE DENNIS THOMPKINS
AREA, THE SECOND GENERATION
GLOVE.
THIS WAS DURING THE TIME WHEN HE
MARRIED LISA MARIE.
>> MARIA: THE OTHER ONE THAT WE
WANT TO SEE, MICHAEL JACKSON
ITEM IS THE FEDORA.
>> HE MADE AN EMPIRE OUT OF
FEDORAS.
>> MARIA: THEY'RE BOTH HIS?
>> YES, THEY'RE BOTH HIS.
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO MADE A
DONATION TO ONE OF MICHAEL
JACKSON'S CHARITABLE
FOUNDATIONS.
IN KIND, HE GAVE THEM THREE IF
FEDORAS.
SO THESE ARE TWO OF THOSE THREE
DEFOR RAYS.
FEDORAS.
THEY COME WITH A LETTER OF
AUTHENTICITY.
>> MARIA: THIS BID STARTS AT
$500?
>> CORRECT.
>> MARIA: YOU HAVE AN ARMY BOOK
OWNED AND AUTOGRAPHED BY ELVIS
PRESLEY HIMSELF.
>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
ITEMS.
AT THE TIME, IN 1958, WHEN HE
WENT TO GERMANY, A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK THAT THAT WAS KIND OF A
TURNING POINT FOR HIS CAREER
BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT HE NEVER
QUITE CAME BACK THE SAME.
BUT WHAT MAKES THIS PIECE SO
SPECIAL IS THIS IS WHEN HE MET
PRE
PRISCIL LA IN GERMANY.
THIS BELONGED TO SOMEONE WHO
SERVED WITH HIM.
HE SAID WOULD YOU PLEASE SIGN
IT.
IT'S NEVER BEEN OFFERED AT
AUCTION BEFORE.
>> MARIA: WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS
STARTS AT?
>> BID IS CURRENTLY $3,300.
I THINK WE MIGHT END UP IN THE
$5,000 RANGE BY THE TIME WE HAVE
IT AUCTIONED.
>> MARIA: THAT'S AN INTERESTING
ITEM.
>> IT IS.
>> MARIA: THE BLUE FUR SMOCK
WORN BY LADY GAGA ON "AMERICAN
HORROR STORY."
THIS IS FABULOUS.
>> THIS WAS ALSO WORN BY HALEY
BERRY.
THIS CAME FROM A WARDROBE HOUSE
IN HOLLYWOOD.
>> MARIA: WHY DO YOU HAVE IT
AFTER THOSE TWO CELEBRITIES WORE
IT.
>> A LOT OF PLACES HAVE TO DO
ASSET MANAGEMENT.
THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
ASSETS.
WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE
THE ONE IN LINE.
>> MARIA: THE PAIR OF SUNGLASSES
WORN BY THE LATE STEVE
McQUEEN?
>> OH, YES, HE WAS KNOWN FOR THE
FOLDING SUNGLASSES.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE AND
THE BID IS ALREADY OVER $5,000.
>> MARIA: VERY COOL.
THANK YOU.
THE AUCTION BEGINS?