Just hours before selection of a jury to decide his molestation case, Michael Jackson was relaxed enough to ask about buying some sketches of himself from a courtroom artist.

In an encounter Wednesday morning with Bill Robles, a courtroom artist whose work appears in newspapers and on television, Jackson asked for a business card. Robles, like many artists, features one of his illustrations on his card - and in this case it was a drawing of Jackson.

The singer, apparently pleased, had attorney Brian Oxman approach Robles to negotiate for some of his artwork. Oxman proposed trading art for some Jackson autographs.

Robles said Friday he hasn’t had any discussions about it since, but that the singer has turned and smiled at him - “giving me good viewpoints.”

Source: Washington Post