Jacko and his prized possessions

Los Angeles, March 5: Michael Jackson is suing an LA auction house after it failed to provide Jackson an inventory list of all the items to be auctioned, as promised.

The iconic pop star is claiming that Julien’s Auctions is not legally entitled to retain possession of his personal property.

According to Associates Press, Jackson’s company MJJ productions has filed a lawsuit against the auction house Julien’s Auctions on Wednesday, claiming that the Los Angeles company is not authorized to auction off most of Jackson’s personal items in a five-day bidding spree scheduled for next month.

Julien’s Auctions, owned by Darren Julien, is set to sell off more than 2,000 of pop singer’s personal items next month, including the gates of Jacko's famed Neverland Ranch and one of the white gloves he wore in his 1983 “Billie Jean” video.

In his complaint, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the self-styled King of Pop claims that auctioneer Julien's has "effectively stolen” his personal property and has refused to return any of it "despite repeated demands".

Last month, several media reports ran rampant all over the Internet that Jackson is selling off 2,000 of his personal belongings in April, including the American Music Award he won for "Thriller", a velvet cap given to him by his children for Father's Day in 1998, a basketball signed by Michael Jordan, a pair of rhinestone-trimmed socks, and a Rolls-Royce.

The suit claims Jackson had never agreed to auction many of the items from Neverland Ranch, adding the property is worth millions of dollars and many of the items are priceless. In the lawsuit, Jackson described the auction house’s attempt to sell those items as "malicious, fraudulent, extreme, outrageous and without any legal justification whatsoever".

Meanwhile, Julien has said he’s totally surprised by the legal challenge against his company. The auctioneer said Wednesday night that the lawsuit was a "total surprise to us, because Jackson had been apprised of everything since the day we started. His manager ... has approved everything."

"There was no other intention when we picked up the items" but to put them up for auction, Julien said, adding that "up until two days ago we were working with his managers."

As per the Julien’s Auctions’ Website, the five-day auction in Beverly Hills, California is scheduled for April 21-25.