Michael Jackson’s gold record award for the “Thriller” album, a “Victory Tour” program signed by Jackson family members, and handwritten lyrics for the 1970 Jackson Five hit “ABC” are among the items to be auctioned next month unless the entertainer moves to block the sale, officials said.

Arlan Ettinger, founder and president of Guernsey’s Auction House, compared plans to sell more than 1,100 Jackson family items May 30-31 to an auction of Elvis Presley Graceland memorabilia he conducted in Las Vegas in 1999.

“It certainly is in that sphere of landmark, high profile, extraordinary auctions,” Ettinger told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

A representative for Michael Jackson said the pop icon was considering legal action to stop the auction planned for the Hard Rock hotel resort in Las Vegas.

“Mr. Jackson was not aware and he is extremely upset that his memorabilia was included amongst the memorabilia that is being auctioned off,” said Raymone K. Bain, Jackson’s spokeswoman in Washington, D.C.

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Posted: 04|5|07 at 2:09 pm. Filed under: Auction News.