Jackson memorabilia stolen in Vegas, N.J. man says
0 Comments | Charleston Gazette, The, Aug 14, 2009 | by Oskar Garcia
LAS VEGAS – A New Jersey businessman is alleging that part of his collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia was stolen from a Nevada storage facility and auctioned without his knowledge.
Henry Vaccaro filed a police report July 31 saying his rented storage space was burglarized and valuable Jackson items were missing, North Las Vegas police said Thursday. The auction was staged on July 26, about one month after the pop star died in a rented Beverly Hills mansion.
Vaccaro of Asbury Park, N.J., told investigators he last saw the items in storage at Southern Nevada Movers in North Las Vegas more than two years ago – on May 30, 2007, police Sgt. Tim Bedwell said.
Vaccaro also reported memorabilia unrelated to Jackson was missing. He put the value of the missing items at about $1 million.
Vaccaro told The Associated Press the missing items included lyrics, notebooks and costumes first obtained years ago.
He said he had agreed to give some of the items back to Jackson’s estate, but would not say what the items were.
He discovered the theft on July 19, he said.
“Everything that was sold is stolen merchandise,” the 69-year- old Vaccaro said.
Mario Trabado, owner of Clark County Public Auction, said he had auctioned Jackson items bought legally less than a month earlier from a private collector
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