Video: Dozens of personal belongings of Elvis Presley put up for auction
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
More than 170 personal belongings of the legendary singer Elvis Presley are up for auction. The auction will be held as part of the so-called "Elvis Week", which takes place in the United States every year and is dedicated to the anniversary of the death of the king of rock and roll. As always, the gala event will take place at the Graceland Estate in the suburbs of Memphis, Tennessee. This is where Presley lived
Elvis Week in Graceland is a fairly large-scale cultural event. Every year his fans gather at the singer's estate. The auction is just one of many events. Throughout the whole week, the estate shows thematic films, conducts talks and lectures, meetings of fans and commemoration evenings are held here. There are dances almost every evening. On the night of August 15-16, all Elvis fans gather at the estate to honor his memory and light candles. The event ends at dawn.
As for the ongoing auction, about 200 lots exhibited at it belong to private collectors. Among the most attractive exhibits this time will be a gold pendant set with diamonds, which Presley gave to American singer Sammy Davis Jr., as well as a white suit, the same one in which the King of Rock and Roll once performed in Las Vegas.
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. According to the preliminary version, the 42-year-old singer died of heart failure, but later it became known that the performer had taken an excessive dose of medications. This became known after an appropriate medical examination. The partial secrecy of the investigation into the circumstances of the singer's death has given rise to a wide variety of versions, including drug overdose and murder.
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