November 12 - From The Bin To The Auction Block

I12n a news item in todays edition of the UK newspaper, the 'Mirror', A law firm copy of Elvis Presley's will which was found in a bin is expected to fetch £1,000 at auction tomorrow. The paperwork was spotted by a worker at a lawyer's office during a clear-out in 1987 - 10 years after the King died - and he took it home. Also going under the hammer at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wilts, is a scarf worn by Elvis on stage and a lock of his hair.


Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: "The will gives a fascinating insight into the private wishes of the king of rock and roll."


The auction house writes this about the auction piece: "Elvis Presley's last will & testament (law firm copy), this is the original copy from the mid 1970's that came from the law office that represented one of the Presley family members in the matter, the document was thrown out with Elvis' original signed Graceland purchase documents, Elvis' original signed Audubon Drive purchase documents and Elvis' original signed Circle G Ranch purchase documents. 


In 1987 the law firm purged their files, an employee of the firm took them from the trash and was told by the owner of the firm he could keep them. Marked "deceased", this was the law firms original copy from the mid 1970's and was used extensively during that traumatic period in 1977. An extremely rare piece."

100 Titres Du King


In France the release of the 5CD box-set "100 Titres Du King" was announced with January 10, 2011 release-date. 



Dutch And Irish Charts

The "Viva Elvis" album entered this week's Dutch Album Chart at #13 while the "Love Me Tender" duet by Elvis Presley and the Dutch Lisa Lois climbed from #22 to #17 on the Dutch Tip Parade.


On the Irish album chart for the week ending November 11th, 2010 "Viva Elvis" is a new entry at #15.


"Viva Elvis" enters the official Top 100 German Album music chart this week at #57.

Elvis 68 At 40 Softcover Edition


The softcover edition of Joe Tunzi and Steve binder's "68 At 40" was released with two months delay.

(Source: Google / Top 40 / Elvis Information Network / Amazon France)