Since it premiered on Friday, the new Michael Jackson movie has raked $97 million in from North American theaters, cinching the record for highest grossing biopic opening weekend ever—an accolade previously held by “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018) and “Oppenheimer” (2023). SoCal-based GWS Auctions stands to capitalize on the buzz when the house offers nine pieces of MJ paraphernalia, including a signed pair of the embattled musician ’s size 9.5 loafers. The May 2 sale is comprised of 734 items from the collection of Prince Lorenzo de’ Medici , an artist and distant descendant of Italy’s famed Medici family.

Several of Jackson’s iconic visual calling cards will appear throughout this weekend’s sale, like a crystal studded white glove that Jackson donned on his 1984 Victory tour, and a pair of Swarovski-embellished white socks from his Dangerous tour years later.

Jackson originally transformed both of those accessories into the stuff of legends in March 1983, during the taping of the “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today,…