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Michael Jackson's Last Art Purchase

Posted Jun 29th 2009 6:20PM by TMZ Staff

Michael Jackson bought some pretty expensive art two weeks before he died.

MIchael Jackson Art

On June 11, Jackson purchased a picture of the Wicked Witch of the West, a painting called "The Donut Queen," and a painting called "Play Ball." The artist for all three works was Nelson De La Nuez. Jackson plunked down $13,000 for the three items, which were delivered to his home on June 15.

We're told Jackson was "obsessed" with the Wicked Witch painting.

Here's the weirdest part. Someone from AEG handled the money side of the transaction. We have the bank wire -- AEG dealt directly with the art seller.

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16. # 4 ! if u dnt hav anything good to say... shut ur Freakin' mouth !!! he was not guilty if u seems to live in a cave for a very long time!!!! He loves children bec he doesnt knw & did nt experienced to b one.... Be glad that he gve us beautiful and meanigful music that we could cherish 4ver!!! RIP Michael! WE luv U!!!

Posted at 6:36PM on Jun 29th 2009 by robrhedz

17. Michael Jackson has made more of an impact on this world then any of you flametards will ever make, he is a true legend in pop-culture and deserves his place in history & all the attention he is getting.

I agree, it's terrible that people are dying in darfur & other places every day, but that does't make his death any less tragic.
On top of that, he was never convicted! We will never know whether he was a peadophile, but that doesn't change all the great things he's done for music. He also holds many many records for donating large sums of money to a ton of charities, so stop pretending like he is the devil incarnated.

Posted at 6:39PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Dave

18. TMZ, HOW in the world do you get this stuff?




Posted at 6:41PM on Jun 29th 2009 by MJ is King of Pop and Love.

19. ACTUALLY THAT IS NOT A BAD PRICE FOR THE ART. AT OUR LOCAL ART GALLERY HERE IN THE MIDWEST FOR A LOCAL ARTISAN YOU 600 TO 1200 FOR A PIECE OF ART. THAT WOULD HAVE MADE EACH PIECE APPROXIMATELY 4000 A PIECE. I TOOK CARE OF A LADY WHO HAD ART WORK IN HER HOUSE THAT WAS 10,000 AND HIGHER. WHICH SHE HAD PICASSO ORIGINALS TOO, BUT MY POINT BEING IF YOUR AN ART COLLEVTOR 4000 IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. MY FAVORITE ARTIST TO ADMIRE THE SKILL OF PAINTING IS DALI, I COULDNT HANG MOST OF HIS EITHER SO I JUST STICK TO MONET AND MANET IN THE MIDWEST ITS MORE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.

Posted at 6:47PM on Jun 29th 2009 by nindy

20. Haters in tha houuuuuuse!, listen up why did michael get so screwed?, couz he was hanging out to much with white people.....you have a saying about that, "ones you open the door for pig, he will never leave", so I hope that answers your frustrations

Posted at 6:44PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Marleen

21. Didn't he have a huge collection of "Wiz" and "Wizard of OZ" stuff...????

Posted at 6:45PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Mr. Brink

22. seriously? i think i'm going to have to agree with the posts above.. enough is enough TMZ. I'm not about to start draggin his personal life into anything, but people die. His contributions to the music industry were celebrated consistently throughout his life, despite the accusations against him. Let this one go already!

Posted at 6:45PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Liz

23. TMZ thanks for adding bits of stuff like wire transfer details.

Oh, those fools who scammed MJ of his billions.

They are going to serve their fate. Not as slick as they thought.

MJ is having the last laugh at them, all of them that murdered him.

MJ RIP and you will receive the gift of justice.


Posted at 6:48PM on Jun 29th 2009 by MJ is King of Pop and Love.

24. **************************************************************************************************************************************
CAUSE OF DEATH: Research "MJ Death and Jane Burgermeister Connection" (HINT: Do NOT take flu vaccine this fall)
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Posted at 8:06PM on Jun 29th 2009 by LookDeeperThanStoolieDrMurray

25. Strange how people treated him. Good job TMZ for the latest. We want to know all about MJ, how this could happened. He is the best and we want answers. All my love to you MJ.

Posted at 6:51PM on Jun 29th 2009 by One of your biggest fan in Sweden

26. Margaret Hamilton...(who played the wicked witch in The Wizrd of Oz), sould be turning in her grave. She was a former kindergarten teacher.........don't think she would be much of an MJ fan.

Posted at 6:56PM on Jun 29th 2009 by whatajoke

27. why are you people even reading the comments if you are so sick of reading about it

Posted at 7:02PM on Jun 29th 2009 by man in the mirror

28. Margaret Hamilton..........who played the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz.....was a former kindergarten teacher...doubt if she would have been an MJ fan.

Posted at 6:59PM on Jun 29th 2009 by whatajoke

29. Wow all this blogging fo days about a musician.,Could you imagine if God forbid Bono passed away, or McArtney,with all their humanitarian work and good will? If the internet were around when Elvis died the interneet would jam up too. i think it is such a big story because he was still young and this came out of nowhere.

Posted at 7:12PM on Jun 29th 2009 by hamilTonyan

30. The art was probably for his dressing room for the upcoming tour. That's possibly why the promoter bought the stuff instead of Michael

Posted at 7:14PM on Jun 29th 2009 by Cary

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