The King’s bling! Glittering jewellery that once belonged to Elvis Presley before he gave it away to fans goes up for sale for £30,000
- Collection was owned by The King at the height of his fame in the 1970s
- Pieces include gold ring set with 49 diamond and another set with rubies
- Third item in the collection is a 14 carat gold bracelet he gifted to a fan
- Jewellery spent time in a Las Vegas museum but is coming to the UK to be sold
A collection of jewellery that belonged to Elvis Presley in the 1970s before he gave most of it away to fans has gone up for sale.
The three pieces include an X-shaped ring embedded with 49 diamonds, a gold band set with six diamonds and two rubies, and a 14 carat gold bracelet.
All three items were previously on display at the Elvis-a-Rama Museum in Las Vegas but have now arrived in the UK where they will be sold at auction.
A 14-carat gold ring embedded on the face with 49 diamonds and once owned by Elvis Presley will be auctioned off on Merseyside, in the UK
The ring was owned by The King during the height of his fame in the 1970s. Elvis was a well-known lover of ostentatious jewellery to match his big personality
They have been consigned with Omega Auctions of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, who are expecting each to fetch up to £10,000.
The first ring, a 14 carat yellow gold band, features an enormous clover-shaped design that is filled with an incredible 49 diamonds.
-
The American mega-monuments that were never built: Digital…
Imagine all the aliens! John Lennon’s sketch of a UFO -…
Share this article
The bold item has been with the UK-based collector since 1999 and remains in pristine condition.
The second, which is also 14 carat gold, has six diamonds and two rubies set on the face.
Elvis owned it in 1975 but gave it away to one of his fans after a gig in Texas that year.
The bracelet, also 14 carat, was a favourite of Elvis’s and a candid family photograph of him wearing it is being sold as part of the lot.
Another item in the collection is a 14 carat gold ring set with six diamonds and two rubies which Elvis gave away to a fan following a gig in Texas
The third item is 14 carat gold bracelet which Elvis owned for years until he gifted it to Sam Thompson, his head of security who kept it for two decades
The gold chain was eventually gifted by the Suspicious Minds star to his head of security, Sam Thompson, who kept it for more than 20 years.
All three lots are being sold alongside certificates of authenticity and the auctioneers are expecting a huge amount of interest in the collection.
They also all spent time on display at the world famous Elvis-a-Rama Museum in Las Vegas before falling into their current ownership.
Dan Hampson, assistant auction manager at Omega, said: ‘The pieces are coming from a private UK collector and all have good provenance.
‘They were at the Elvis-a-Rama Museum in Las Vegas and sold to the vendor by the owner of the museum, Chris Davidson.
‘They are all in fantastic condition he just felt it was time to let them go.
‘The market for Elvis memorabilia does fluctuate but when items as rare as these come on the market, the collectors are still there.
‘We recently sold a Bible owned by Elvis for £10,000 so we’re confident the collectors will be excited to have a chance to bid on these pieces.’
The sale takes place on March 12.
Source: Read Full Article