The Jacko auction that wasn't

Comedian Paul Scheer -- of Human Giant fame -- paid a visit a couple months back to the auction preview of "property from the life and career of Michael Jackson" at the Neverland Ranch.

He returned, perhaps somewhat shaken, with this Flickr photostream.

The auction was eventually canceled, maybe because, once Jackson signed on for that slate of 50 shows at London's O2 Arena, the need for an a massive cash infusion to shore up his disastrous finances was obviated.

But feast your eyes here on some of the 2,000 fine objets d'art that, for a fleeting moment, could have been yours.

This one's my favorite:

The less said about the mural with the children on the sun dappled field the better.