Jackson painting sold for $812,000

A portrait of 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson by legendary artist Andy Warhol has sold for $812,000 at an auction in Los Angeles.

The pop icon's picture was bought by an anonymous bidder at Christie's auction house on Tuesday for more than the expected price of $700,000, Contactmusic reported.

The artwork, which was completed in 1984, was sold by a New York-based collector, who bought it from the Andy Warhol Foundation in the 1990s.

It depicts a smiling Jackson in a jacket with squiggles of red and yellow in his hair.