The shimmering white glove that the late Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for 350-thousand US dollars - plus tax - on Saturday in New York.

The winning bidder, Hoffman Ma, will pay 420-thousand US dollars including taxes and fees for the glove Jackson wore on his left hand for his moonwalk on Motown's 25th anniversary television special.

The glove was the top item in a collection of Jackson memorabilia up for auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. Its pre-auction estimate was between 40- and 60-thousand US dollars. Ma, a 36-year-old Jackson fan, bought the pop-music treasure on behalf of the Ponte 16 Resort Hotel in Macao. The pop icon, who died on June 25th at age 50, had given the glove to Walter "Clyde" Orange, of the singing group the Commodores.