Freaky Predictions: Did Michael Jackson focus on deathbed scenes so much they came true?

How do you decorate your house? Do you fill it with items that remind you of special memories, that bring you joy, or are in the utmost of symbolic representation to you as a matter of good taste?

More Michael Jackson Trivia:
Wonderland Dream Home
Exotic Cars and Luxury Garage Slideshow

Check out this painting that once adorned the walls of celebrity singer Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch luxury property estate. [Photo: Shaan Kokin/Julien's Auctions]

While it is true that the Neverland home featured many nude figures in it's art permanently affixed collection (as indoor paintings, freezes and wall art carvings, and outdoor sculptures of both male and female images in various states of full nudity or partially undressed), none look more graphic or prophetic a scene as the one shown here in the picture of the gold gilded frame painting of a famous political historical figure celebrity deathbed scene seen to the left.

The painting's title? "Cleopatra's Last Moments". The "high end collectible items only" auction house disclosure where Michael Jackson first bought the art described it as follows:

D. Pauvert (French, 19th/20th Century). "Cleopatra's Last Moments", oil on canvas, signed and dated 1892. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, May 23, 1996, Lot 96.

When the Neverland Ranch items were scheduled to go up for auction back when the star was struggling financially and losing the home, this painting was included as one to be sold off on the aution block, with an appraisal estimated value of $30,000 - $50,000.

When Michael Jackson's last moments came true as an unexpected and early death, he, too, was bed ridden and surrounded by people who knew him intimately but were of questionable judgment and unable to protect him from death. Odd coincidence or early prediction? We don't know. But whatever the case, the Cleopatra storyline painting as a memorabilia artifact once owned by Michael Jackson and displayed in his personal home at Neverland in sunny California is certainly worth discussion and a public feature show.

What are your thoughts? Do you suppose Jackson already had a vague sense of what was coming, and perhaps was drawn to this graphic untimely death image based on his intuition? Would you love a piece of art like this in your home or would the subject matter be too controversial for you to want to add it in to your interior decorating schematic?