The jacket isdesigned Deborah Landis, wife of Thriller music video director, John Landis. Jackohas also signed his name on the jacket sleeve.
Of the dozen bidders, jackets akhrinya sold to Milton Verret, a gold trader from Austin,Texas, for USD 1.8 million.
Milton plans to send this jacket all over the world to be exhibited in a show of humanity. The advantage of the auction itself, will also bedonated to animal shelter, where two were treated Michael's bengali tigers.
Jackson died two years ago, and made the music video for the album "Thriller" in1983. 14-minute clip featuring Jackson became a zombie is believed to be the mostinfluential music videos.