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Celebrity Limousines for Auction by Bonhams at Brooklands

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping

If you're looking to get your hands on some celebrity automobilia, Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands in Surrey, England, is the place to be on December 6. There the venerable auction house Bonhams has got a wealth of cherishable classics on the docket.

First up is a 1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III. With a five-seat limousine configuration, a 7.3-liter V12 engine and custom coachwork by Inskip, this was the first of just 24 Phantom IIIs sold to America, and was used in the fantasy film Pan's Labrynth in a chase scene – suitably enough – against a Bentley.

But that's not the end of it: there's also a 1934 Lagonda formerly owned by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and a Mercedes-Benz 600 from Elvis Presley's estate, along with Ferraris, Maseratis and more.

Gallery: 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom III by Inskip

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RM Auctions to Feature Celebrity Classics in Arizona

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions

Some collectors seek out celebrity memorabilia. Others collect classic cars. Once in a while those fields intersect, however, as they are set to at RM Auctions' upcoming Automobiles of Arizona event.

Still several months away, the Canadian auction house is already lining up consignments. This year they'll be featuring classic British motors as well as several important examples of Ferrari's history. But few are as exciting as the celebrity factor behind these four early announcements: a rare 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder once owned by baseball legend Reggie Jackson and motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel, estimated at a million dollars; the 1929 Duesenberg Model J Dual Cowl Phaeton driven by Elvis Presley in the movie Spinout (also estimated around a million), a 1941 Lincoln Continental Coupe given by Orson Wells to Rita Hayworth (pictured above, estimated around $175k) and a 1949 Cadillac Series 75 Woodie Limousine commissioned by MGM studios from the Schwartz garage (~$300k).

Watch this space for more info and photos as the event is still three months away.

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Ultimate Halloween Costume: Be The King for a Day

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

Looking for the ultimate Halloween costume? If you've got the attitude to pull it off Elvis Presley is always a good choice and few costumes do it up as glamorously as this one. Although not officially an Elvis outfit (it's named simply "King Rock Star" on the website) its inspiration is clear. Fully lined in red silk, this white jumpsuit features detailed bead work in red, white and gold as well as an enormous eagle flying on the back and two smaller ones perched on each arm. It also has golden chain details on each hip and side-slit flare legs. Just add pompadour and swagger. $1600

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Elvis Memorabilia Heads To Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

Had he survived, Elvis Presley would be celebrating his 75th birthday this year. The King lives again at Heritage Auctions' August 14th Elvis Auction at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. The auction is topped by the listing of Elvis Presley's White Knabe Grand Piano which is expected to bring in over $1 million. Other items up for bid include his original 1955 RCA Contract, a signed Graceland Purchase Agreement, personal address book, love letter, jumpsuit and handgun.

The piano is the same one we saw listed last year, it was used from 1957 to 1969 at Graceland (until Priscilla bought him a new gold-leaf-covered one). "This elegant musical instrument, so well-loved and played by Elvis, is presented with wonderful provenance back to the 1930s," said Doug Norwine, Director of Music & Entertainment Auctions at Heritage in a press release. The piano was also used in Memphis' Ellis Auditorium from the 1930s to 1957 and has also been played by other famous musicians including W.C. Handy, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Cab Calloway. Elvis bought the piano because of its significance and had it refinished in white.

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Elvis Presley Hair Auctioned Off for $15,000

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

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Nasty looking, isn't it? No offense to the King.

Item number 66 at Chicago auction house Leslie Hindman Auctioneers last Sunday was none other than "A Large Quantity of Elvis Presley's Hair." It went for $15,000 -- and Leslie Hindman told The Chicago Tribune she had expected it to go for a "bit more." The hair is allegedly from when Elvis had his locks shorn to enter the military in 1958.

That's some old hair.

Other items at the auction included Elvis Presley clothes, dolls, scarves and ladies' handkerchiefs which may contain some Elvis perspiration. The top seller was an "EP" monogrammed white cotton shirt which went to superfan John Urso for $52,000. "It's worth every penny," he told The Chicago Tribune.

The King of Rock and Roll may be dead (maybe), but his DNA still commands a pretty penny. Imagine if he were still alive -- he could support himself and several charities on haircuts and sweating on stuff alone.

[via Tonic]

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Elvis Presley Limited Edition Guitar

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

A new limited edition guitar celebrates the one and only Elvis Presley. While Presley is most famous for singing he was also a guitar player. In 1955 he purchased a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar with a tooled-leather cover with his name inscribed in it. The original is now on display at Graceland but Guitar Center has worked with C.F. Martin & Company to create an exact copy of this guitar. The guitar is an exact reproduction of the leather cover and includes a TCB lightning bolt inlay on the heel cap. Elvis' signature is inlaid into the neck at the 12th fret, and a mother-of-pearl silhouette of the King and his Martin modeled after a famous 1956 photograph is set into the headstock. It is a limited edition of 175 sells for $9,199 and is delivered in a special oversized vintage Geib style hardshell case.

[via Memphis Flyer]

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Elvis-Themed Project Planned For Las Vegas

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Real Estate Developments

Given Elvis Presley's long association with Las Vegas it seems strange that it has taken until now for an Elvis-themed casino to hit the Strip but Elvis is finally getting his own Vegas hotel. The plans call for a $3.1 billion development with an "Elvis-inspired" luxury hotel and casino, convention space, retail space, restaurants, showroom and a separate hotel-condominium building that will be operated by a joint-venture partner. There will also be complete wedding services for those with a hankering for an Elvis-themed wedding. Construction is set to begin at the start of 2009 with completion planned for the end of 2012.

New York-based FX Real Estate and Entertainment is a newly formed company that owns nearly 18 acres of land located at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue in Las Vegas known as the Park Central Property. Their plan is to turn that area into a a hotel, casino, entertainment, retail, commercial and residential development project. They have entered into license agreements with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., and Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC, that allows them to use the intellectual property associated with these two icons in the development of real estate and entertainment attraction projects. The company plans to also pursue the development of, one or more hotels as part of the master plan of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. to redevelop the Graceland property and surrounding areas in Memphis, Tennessee.

[via Freep]

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Auction Features Yoko's Bentley, Marilyn's Umbrella, and Elvis's Microphone

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

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If you love the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe, and/or Elvis Presley then you might want to book yourself a flight to Beverly Hills before next weekend. On June 16th some of the biggest and most unique items from some of the most memorable stars of years past will be featured at Julien's Auctions at the Beverly Hilton. Among items set to go up on the block are Yoko Ono's 2002 Bentley Arnage, Marilyn Monroe's polka-dot umbrella, and the microphone Elvis Presley used to make his radio debut (complete with the infamous original recording of the phrase "Elvis has left the building").

And whether or not bidding is a possibility for you, the trip could still be worth your while if just to get a glimpse. All items will be on display for admiring fans starting June 12th through the 15th.

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Melody Land Ranch, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

I've truly never seen an estate like Melody Land Ranch. The house was built in 1990 and is a gilded monument to Elvis. The 10,000-square-foot Northridge, California home is filed all sorts of unbelievable details from golden beds and tables to a statue of a Roman soldier guarding the tub in the master bathroom. The owner is retiring and selling the home with all the furnishings and art right down to the $100,000 crystal chandeliers, the $200,000 custom sofa in the ballroom and the Elvis memorabilia including a guitar which once belong to the King of Rock and Roll. There's no price listed so let us know how much you would pay in the comments but first, take a look at a few pictures after the jump.

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What's in a Name?

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

A rose by any other name would still be a rose, but if you called it Elvis, you could certainly charge a lot more for it. Celebrity names and images have a lot of selling power because they provide instant recognizability; they are their own brands. Business Week determined the worth of the names of 13 celebrities. Two on the list have sold the rights to their names almost entirely, three are deceased, but still making a large amount of money annually, and the rest of the people are still building up their price tags.

Muhammad Ali - $63 million, sold in April of this year
George Foreman - $137.5 million, sold in 1999
Albert Einstein - $1 million annually
Marilyn Monroe - $1.25 million annually
Paris Hilton $15 million annually
Tiger Woods - $21 million annually
P Diddy - $22 million annually
Michael Jordon - $25 million annually
Jennifer Lopez - $35 million annually
Elvis Presley - $40 million annually
Elizabeth Taylor - $50 million annually
Donald Trump - $280 million annually

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Bobbie Nudie, 1913-2006

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

Bobbie Nudie, woman who started Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, passed away last week. She and her husband, Nudie Cohn, designed clothes for celebrities from Elvis Presley to Arnold Schwarzenegger, including famous outfits like Elvis's gold lame suit, and put hundreds and thousands of rhinestones on the clothes of country singers everywhere. Their remarkable costumes, which were made to suit their motto that "it is better to be looked over than overlooked," are highly collectible today and sell for upwards of $1000 when in good condition.