For some it may be grave news, for others just creepy, but the auctioneer says “it is a highly sought after time,” the Memphis crypt were Elvis and his mother’s bodies were placed before they were re-buried at Graceland. With bidding starting at $100,000, the buyer has the right to internment in Elvis’ first resting place 35-years ago.Julien’s is staging the auction next month on behalf of Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis. Some are calling the granite and marble mausoleum a “Tomb fit for the King.” Elvis was actually in the crypt for only 2-months before he was moved. The auctioneer claims to be “getting interest from all over the world.”
Elvis Slept Here–Rights To Crypt For Sale
May 30, 2012
Bizarre Topless Photo of Jolie, $45,500
May 16, 2013A bizarre topless photo of Angelina Jolie called “Horseplay” sold at Christie’s London auction last night for $45,500. The “Wild Side of Photography” sale was scheduled well before Jolie’s double mastectomy announcement. Taken when she was 25, the photo also prominently displays a “Billy Bob” tattoo, referring to former husband Thornton who has since been removed from her shoulder and her life.
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Milton Berle’s Jokes Laugh To The Bank
May 8, 2013For $158,000 a bidder got Milton Berle’s library, including books and boxes of bound scripts and personal correspondence, but he didn’t get the comedian’s thousands of one-liners and jokes carefully catalogued over the decades. That file went for another $65,000 at Bonham’s Entertainment auction this week.
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“Woz” Signed Apple 1 Appears At German Auction
May 3, 2013There are only some fifty surviving examples of the handmade Apple 1, the first computer sold by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and they’ve been rapidly gaining in value. Last year one sold for $624,000 at Team Breker in Cologne.Later this month the German auction house will offer another, one of only six still in working order. As a bonus, this motherboard sports Wozniak’s signature as “Woz.” It’s expected to sell for $260,000-$400,000.
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Rising Value of Unrestored Cars
By Malcolm Welford, Vintage Car Specialist
