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 The U.S. Marshals Service said it will start selling 13 items in an online auction Tuesday
-- with proceeds going to help repay $750,000 in campaign funds that the Chicago Democrat illegally spent.
In addition to requiring that Jackson, 48, pay back the misspent funds, a U.S. judge in Washington, D.C., last month sentenced the son of civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson to 2 1/2 years behind bars.
The objects up for auction at http://www.txauction.com/ illustrate the disgraced legislator's passion for both pop iconography and for what some might consider gaudy and pricey fashion.
Among the clothing items are a woman's mink jacket with silver-fox sleeves and a red cashmere cape with black mink trim, according to a Marshals Service press release.
In the same case, Jackson's wife, Sandra, was sentenced to a year in prison for filing false joint federal income tax returns. At least some of the clothes being auctioned would have been worn by her.
One of the largest pieces of memorabilia up for auction is a guitar signed by both Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen. Next to Jackson's signature are the hand-written words, "Let Love Fall Like Rain."
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