LOS ANGELES - Down a crowded merchant-lined street in downtown Los Angeles called Santee Alley, a handful of vendors(卖主) are selling Michael Jackson T-shirts. Two shirts memorialize his passing, but one gets the date of his death wrong. The other has no collar tag.
Martin Melendes, a store manager, looks askance at a reporter's questions about the $15 Jackson shirts worn by his mannequins(时装模特儿，假人). "You're not with the FBI?" he asks. Stepping away from his boss, he says excitedly, "We sold 2,000 T-shirts in the first week. We're still selling a lot."
Since the King of Pop died late last month, people around the world have mourned his passing. Others set out to make a quick buck. Now, as estate lawyers battle to secure his fortune in court, they are turning their attention to the hucksters(叫卖小贩，零售商) flooding stores and street corners with unauthorized Jackson memorabilia.