A pair of white briefs once belonging to pop superstar Michael Jackson are to be sold at auction.

The Calvin Klein underpants will be sold on internet site eBay with a reserve price of $1 million (£540,540).

The briefs are reportedly part of the evidence confiscated by police in 2003 as part of Jackson's child molestation trial, in which he was eventually cleared.

New Jersey businessman Henry Vacarro obtained the underpants - which come in a sealed evidence bag, wrapped with police tape - as part of a bankruptcy case, according to New York Post gossip column PageSix.

He is also selling off other artifacts including a handwritten note from the star explaining his decision to seek an annulment from ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley in 1996, and a used tube of skin-bleaching cream.

The auction for the items begins on Wednesday (10Sep08). (c) WENN