Rare items from Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe hit auction block

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Rare items from Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe hit auction block   Items from Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe and other pop icons are set to hit the auction block during an online sale on Dec. 7, 2024.  Kruse GWS Auctions is holding the sale, dubbed The Lost Collection of Elvis, Col. Tom Parker & More, which includes over 400 lots, including props from classic films like 'The Wizard of Oz.' The auction will also include items from other Hollywood icons such as Joan Crawford, Bob Marley and Janet Jackson.   REUTERS VIDEO   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein    #TheManilaTimes  #tmtnews  #elvispresley  #manilynmonroe  #krusegwsauctions

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00:00We have so many highlights in this sale,

00:21from iconic golden era Wizard of Oz to more modern day films,

00:25Thelma and Louise, other icons, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley.

00:30But what's really unique about this sale is having the collection of Colonel Tom

00:34Parker directly from his estate, which is kind of uncanny.

00:45As far as something more rare that I think we've not seen hit the market,

00:50and this is another piece that I'm really excited about,

00:53is the telegram that was sent by Colonel Parker and All Star Shows,

00:58which was the management company that the colonel ran to take care of all of

01:02Elvis' appearances, shows, everything he did basically.

01:06It's really special because I've never seen anything like this where the colonel

01:10and the team, the next day, Lisa Marie was born February 1st, 1968.

01:15This was actually sent on the 2nd of February, the very next day,

01:20from the colonel and the team directly to Elvis and Priscilla.

01:24Do you mind if I use your phone?

01:28Oh, that's good.

01:31Yeah, that'll be a good cut.

01:35I was going to say, what?

01:36If he wants to take credit, he was trashy.

01:46We have a traveling clock from Movado.

01:49It's a mid-century piece that's beautifully inscribed on the back

01:52to the Admiral Love Elvis.

01:54And what's neat about that is, so Elvis called the colonel Admiral and the colonel.

01:59So he had kind of little pet names for him that the colonel obviously earned along the way.

02:04And the inscriptions on the back are just so unbelievable.

02:07But I think one of my personal favorites and one of the more rare and quirky,

02:11unique items of the sale is definitely the business contacts book.

02:16So the colonel has this beautiful business contacts book

02:21that literally has pretty much every major notable celebrity

02:24that Elvis was friends with or that the colonel had contact with.

02:41But I think another highlight of the sale for sure that's going to shock everybody

02:45is the handwritten lyrics for Heartbreak Hotel.

02:48That was the song in 1955 that Elvis wrote with Mae Axton that really kicked off everything

02:54and created rock and roll as we know it today.

03:04As far as auction value, I would estimate this between $200,000 to $300,000.

03:09As far as appraised value, this could be appraised for easily around a million dollars.

03:14It's just an iconic piece of history and there is not another one.

03:23So we expect this to sell somewhere in the $125,000 to $150,000 range

03:28just because of the rarity and importance of this piece.

03:31And the fact that it has the dual celebrity ties

03:34makes it really an exceptional find and great investment piece.

03:38Another fun fact is that it actually, when it was gifted by Elvis,

03:42the TCB did not have diamonds on it.

03:44Elvis jewelry is so unique because there's so many different asset classes within the asset class.

03:51So you have 50s jewelry, you have 60s jewelry, you have 70s jewelry,

03:55you have personal jewelry, you have gifted jewelry, you have stage worn jewelry.

03:59So there's so many different tiers of Elvis jewelry.

04:02In my opinion, the most valuable jewelry is definitely the 1950s era

04:06and also pieces that are photographed clearly on stage

04:10that have that connection and that provenance.

04:12But it doesn't make any of the other pieces less valuable.

04:24So these unbelievably rare glasses were actually worn by Elvis

04:29in multiple publicity shoots on multiple occasions.

04:33He later gifted them to his ranch hand.

04:35This phenomenal piece was actually gifted from Elvis Presley to Barbara Crosby.

04:40She admired it one day and Elvis ended up giving it to her.

04:43And according to her letter of provenance,

04:45it hung in the billiard room at Graceland between 64 and 65.

04:59A lot of our buyers and collectors, whether they're museums, public companies,

05:03private individuals, we found, because we've been watching this space for almost 20 years,

05:08every single year Elvis artifacts outperform the S&P 500.

05:13They have proven to be the best investments that you can make

05:16as far as anything that he ever touched, owned, gifted.

05:19It's just unbelievable.

05:26So what we have here is a pill bottle from 1962 that belonged to Marilyn Monroe.

05:32This particular prescription, we believe, was probably one of the last that she ever had filled

05:37because it was filled six months right before she passed.

05:40And it was for second all.

05:44This piece actually came off of the decking when they filmed Titanic,

05:48which was the 1997 blockbuster film by James Cameron.

05:52This is an original piece of the decking as they were doing the filming in Mexico.

05:57Another important piece of history we have in the auction

06:00is this is a real piece of coal that was on the Titanic that tragically sank April 15th in 1912,

06:06where 1,500 people lost their lives.

06:10What's interesting is someone had to travel down, I believe, over...

06:21We actually have the full ensemble.

06:24So the denim jacket and her outfit that she was seen wearing in the beginning of the film

06:29when she was the doting, obedient housewife.

06:32And as soon as they take off and get going on their epic journey,

06:35that was actually the outfit she was wearing in the beginning of the film.

06:46What's interesting about the Tin Man is all of his wardrobe and props were lost.

06:51We were told that there were three oil cans.

06:54This particular one came directly from Jack Haley's estate

06:57and was at the opening day for the Academy Motion Pictures Museum.

07:01So it was part of the opening exhibit that they had, which is pretty iconic.

07:05It does have that paperwork, full provenance.

07:08It is just an unbelievable piece because it's the only known artifact from the Tin Man.

07:14So the Academy actually valued it at a million dollars,

07:17but our client actually later had it appraised.

07:20It appraised for $3.2 million.

07:23So somebody stands to get a great deal and a great investment

07:26because that's another one we expect to just continue to go up in value.

07:30There's never going to be another Wizard of Oz.

07:32I think it's a great piece because it's the only known artifact from the Tin Man.

07:37So somebody stands to get a great deal and a great investment

07:40because that's another one we expect to just continue to go up in value.

07:44There's never going to be another Wizard of Oz.

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