Elvis memorabillia

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    We cleared an attic last week and found a large amount of rock & pop memorabillia including around 10,000 pieces relating to Elvis Presley.
    It is quite overwhelming wading through it due to the sheer amount.

    There`s lots of junk and newspaper clippings and Graceland souvenirs.

    We got about 10 of these vinyl window decals measuring 24" x 8"

    Elvis Presley A Golden Celebration
    RCA (records) Elvis 50th Anniversary.
    what are these for and where are they from ?

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    The poor deceased fella that collected all this stuff must have spent a fortune on it even purchasing photo`s from the US which are actually taken off a TV screen, not a live performance, (what a rip off)

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    There even photo`s with "Copy Write" on the back.

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  2. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    That should keep you busy for a while. Shame most of it is effectively rubbish. Also I'd say the Elvis market is well past it's best.

    Still, a hoard is a hoard.
     
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  3. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Ten THOUSAND pieces???? That's not just a hoard, that's an obsession!
     
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  4. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I`m meeting a man on Sunday who is equally obsessive, he`s bald but walks about in an Elvis wig and his car is covered in Elvis stickers, hopefully he will make me an offer I can`t refuse.
    I just can`t work out these decals, he was 42 when he died and its 39 years since he died, so what does 50th anniversary mean ?
     
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  5. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    50th anniversary of his first record? First "hit" record? First recording on RCA?
     
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  8. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I've never understood the appeal. Wasn't even a "fan" as a teen. Whatever floats your boat, I suppose.
     
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  9. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Me neither, however I do remember what I was doing when news of his demise had filtered across the pond, I was in a nightclub at 1.30am smooching with a goddess :rolleyes:
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    now that's a memory worthy of....." Love me tender !! " !!! :)
     
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  11. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Thank you, thank you vurra much.
     
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  12. antidiem

    antidiem Well-Known Member

    hee!

    I was staining some clear pine for bookshelves when I heard the news.

    I remember meeting Elvis about 1956ish as a very young girl on the breezeway walk through Pontchatrain Beach in New Orleans. He told my parents - I was "beautiful".

    When I asked my father why didn't he get his autograph, his response, "We didn't know he was going to be famous!" hahahaa!!
     
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  13. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    Antidiem, it probably was 1956 -- he was doing a "southern tour" during part of that year. He appeared in my town in February 1956 (his appearance was at our "third-tier" theater -- he could have never filled up our first or second-tier theaters at that point in time).

    He was appearing quite often that year at the "Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport.

    http://oldies.about.com/od/elvispresleyhistory/a/elvisconcerts1956.htm
     
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  14. 42Skeezix

    42Skeezix Moderator Moderator

    Priscilla's family was living in Mt. Holly, NJ when he and Elvis tied the knot.
    I was good friends with her brother. We bowled on the same league team for years.
     
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  15. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    I don't remember being all that enamored with him, either. Not sure why.
     
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  16. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    COPY WRITE!!!!!
    :( we are lost.............
     
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  17. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I'm interested in one or two of the decals, if possible, as the sign guy I am....
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    I didn't care for him til I saw him recording Viva Las Vegas at the International Hotel in Vegas. A show I saw for free and got his autograph. He worked his butt off for that and that impressed me.
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    I was on duty on a destroyer at the pier in Naval Station Mayport, Florida. I was up on the bow listening to my radio. I told the whole crew he died but no one would believe me.
     
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  18. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I was in fifth or sixth grade at the time. I was probably doing homework.
     
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  19. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I was stuck in traffic driving home from work.
     
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  20. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    Gee, I remember when Kennedy was shot very clearly, but don't remember when Elvis died.
     
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