An auction of Elvis Presley memorabilia got bidders all shook up, with a clump of the late King of Rock and Roll’s hair selling for US$18,300 and one of his shirts selling for US$62,000.
More than 150 items that had belonged to the former president of the Elvis Presley fan club went on the block at Chicago’s Leslie Hindman auctioneers.
The priciest items included a red ultrasuede shirt worn by Elvis, which was sold for US$34,000, and a monogrammed cream-colored shirt that sold for US$62,000, according to the auction house’s listing of post-auction sale prices.
Two concert-worn scarves sold for a combined US$2,318. A set of concert-used handkerchiefs went for US$732.
Presley’s personal collection of single song mini-records, known as 45 rpms, sold for US$3,904.
Wedding and bridal shower photos of Elvis and wife Priscilla sold for nearly US$6,000.
Personal letters from Elvis’s relatives were also among the items auctioned, including a collection of letters from his estranged grandfather J.D. Presley (US$1,159) and from his aunt (US$458).
The auction house did not provide details about the buyers, including the purchaser of a “large quantity of Elvis’s hair,” which went for US$18,300.(AFP)
已故搖滾樂天王「貓王」艾維斯．普萊斯里的紀念品拍賣會，投標者積極競標，貓王的一把頭髮以一萬八千三百美元成交，而他的一件襯衫售得六萬兩千美元。
芝加哥「萊斯利海德曼」拍賣公司拍賣的這一百五十餘件物品，皆為前貓王粉絲俱樂部會長所有。
該拍賣公司會後成交清單顯示，成交價最高的拍賣品包括一件貓王穿過的紅色人造麂皮襯衫，以三萬四千美元成交賣出，以及另一件售得六萬兩千美元的奶油色字母圖案襯衫。
貓王在演唱會上戴過的兩條領巾合計售得兩千三百一十八美元。另一組演唱會用的手帕則以七百三十二美元成交。
貓王私人收藏的四十五轉單曲袖珍唱片以三千九百零四美元賣出。
貓王和妻子普西拉的婚禮照片及新娘婚前派對照片以將近六千美元賣出。
來自他親戚的私人信件也在拍賣之列，包括他疏遠的祖父J．D．普萊斯里（一千一百五十九美元成交），和姑母的來信（四百五十八美元成交）。
該拍賣公司並未提供得標者的詳細資訊，花了一萬八千三百美元買下「貓王一大把頭髮」的買家身分自然也不得而知。
（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
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