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And Finally
Unseen Jackson footage fails to sell
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 28 November 2011
That previously unseen footage of Michael Jackson recorded on his ‘Dangerous’ tour in 1993 has failed to sell at auction, despite expectations it could fetch over $7 million. However, auctioneer The Fame Bureau say it is hopeful it will still find a buyer.
As previously reported, the video, which features both performance and backstage footage, was recorded in Buenos Aires and given to a Brazilian chauffeur as “a bonus” for his time spent ferrying the singer around during the 1993 tour.
The driver kept the VHS tape a secret until after Jackson’s death in 2009, when he posted a short section to YouTube. That clip was then taken down due to a copyright notice, and Sony Music and the Michael Jackson estate both subsequently claimed ownership of the footage. However, according to reports, the driver was later named the legal owner of the recording, allowing the big sale.
That said, there seems to still be some ambiguity about the rights in the video, so much so The Fame Bureau was forced to take a clip from it off its website, and it’s very possible those ambiguities are affecting potential interest in buying the film, as a multi-million dollar buyer would almost certainly want to commercialise the content.
A spokesman for the auction house told reporters: “At this stage it has not sold. We are still talking to people, but online it did not sell”.
