Elvis' Clothes - & What Happened To Them

[Rickeap]

I've still got some 70s bell-bottom jeans (we called them flares). I loved them! Sadly, i can't squeeze into them these days.

[John]

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Are they Elvis' clothes, or Colin's?

[Colin B]

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Are they Elvis' clothes, or Colin's?

Stop it.

[John]

His mink & leather coat is for sale in the UK for £15,000.



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Shortly before his death, Elvis gave the coat to Ginger's brother Mike.

It has changed hands several times since and is now going under the hammer at auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, of Devizes, Wiltshire.

The full article is here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... 5-000.html

Went for £128,000 then.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... 8-000.html

[Colin B]

From the UK Newspaper 'i' - 7th August 2023:

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If the 'letter of authenticity' is signed by Dick Grob, you'll need to be doubly suspicious...

[John]

From the UK Newspaper 'i' - 7th August 2023:

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If the 'letter of authenticity' is signed by Dick Grob, you'll need to be doubly suspicious...

I wish I'd kept some of my pre 1977 clothes and I'm sure I could have got a letter of authenticity that Elvis gave it to somebody.

Colin, got any old socks?

[Colin B]

...Colin, got any old socks?

Err............... well, yes........... but I'm still wearing them...

I could provide a 'letter of authenticity' stating that I was wearing them when I bought 'Heartbreak Hotel' in 1956...

[John]

...Colin, got any old socks?

Err............... well, yes........... but I'm still wearing them...

I could provide a 'letter of authenticity' stating that I was wearing them when I bought 'Heartbreak Hotel' in 1956...

and every other release since?

[Colin B]

Maybe not 'clothes' exactly, but still interesting:

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Anyone got a spare million dollars kicking about ?

[Colin B]

From the internet site: 'Daily Music Roll' - an online music magazine - 29th November 2023:

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The whole article is here:

https://www.dailymusicroll.com/latest-n ... ction.html

[Colin B]

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The whole thing is here:

https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music- ... -tem040824

[Colin B]

Elvis' blue suede shoes are coming up for auction:

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Here's the whole thing:

https://www.goldradiouk.com/artists/elv ... e-auction/

Can you spot the error here ?

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Answer:

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An arrangement by Steve Sholes at RCA with Sam Phillips at Sun meant that no
Elvis single would be released of this song in competition with the original one by Carl Perkins.
The later US Top 20 Elvis version was as a lead song on an Extended Play - not a single.
The agreement didn't apply in the UK, where Carl Perkins reached No.10 & Elvis No.9 in the singles chart.

[Jupiter]

Maybe not 'clothes' exactly, but still interesting:

Auction of his Iron Claw Necklace.JPG

Anyone got a spare million dollars kicking about ?

https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/El ... 50690.aspx (December 16, 2023. Final Bid: $375.000)

Jupiter

[Colin B]

From the UK Newspaper 'i' - 29th June 2024:

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Hope they had a COA signed by Dick Grob............. err ............or maybe not.........

[Yin Yang]

How come these days all those "exclusive" items are auctioned off in the U.K.?