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Well, I think the Michael Jackson mania is starting to fade away, at least as far as his shirts are concerned.
A couple months ago in a blog called Michael Jackson Shirt Mania I talked about the explosion of shirts available and the explosion of prices of those shirts on eBay. I noted that the amount of shirts had increased 1000% in just a matter of days. Prices of shirts commonly reached $800-$1000, not to mention some shirts absurdly priced in the $5,000 - $10,000 range. I sure hope nobody paid those kinds of prices because things have come back to earth in the two months sense Jackson's death.
Today there are just 1400 shirt listings and the max asking prices is a mere $375. Most of the classic Jackson shirts are going for reasonable amounts in the $125 to $75 range. The rarest of the Michael Jackson shirts and the ones that consistently demand the highest prices are the 1984/1985 Thriller tour shirts that have the zombie graphics on the back, like the one to the left. Here are direct links to two of these shirts in archive, Thriller tour zombie shirt #1, Thriller tour zombie shirt #2. These shirts are currently selling in the $250-$300 range.
It's nice to see that the opportunistic merchandise vultures have moved on and that prices have started to come down for the true fans. If you waited until now to pick up a piece of music history congratulations.
