Sunday, December 05, 2010

December 5 - Auction Charts

The "The King" compilation remained steady at #28 on the Australian ARIA Backcatalogue chart while the "ELV1S 30 #1 Hits" compilation dropped off the chart.


Auction Results


Juliens 'Icons & Idols' auction was held last weekend. Elvis got a seperate chapter in the catalogue. The three most valuable items were:


1. Red velours pullover from the single 'You'll Be Gone'. $90,000 (€68.000)
2. Black pants, shirt and silver belt $25,000 (€18.800)
3. The third spot is shared by three items (watch and two rings). Each item was sold for $12,800 (€9.700)


A car that once belonged to Elvis Presley and is said to be one of a handful of cars he registered in his name has been auctioned in Surrey. The Mercedes-Benz 600 was sold for £80,700 ($126,800.00), Bonhams auctioneers said. Elvis kept the car for two years before giving it to a friend, Bonhams said. The car was later sold.


The auction was held at Mercedes-Benz World at the Brooklands racing circuit, also home to the Brooklands motoring museum, near Weybridge. Bonhams said the car, one of two Mercedes 600 cars owned by Presley, had been restored to a very high standard. Presley gave the car to his friend James Leroy Robertson.


The person who was selling the car, who has not been named, bought it from Robertson Motors Memphis in 2005 and had it exported to the UK.