One of Elvis Presley’s Jumpsuits is going up for auction. The white jumpsuit paired with a red cape was worn by the legend of Rock and Roll at a string of musical events in Madison Square in 1972.
The jumpsuit, designed by Bill Belew, is being sold by Kruse GWS Auction with an opening bid of $350,000 while the cape is going to start with $50,000.
Presley was so loved by fans that in 1972 he sold out four straight nights at MSG, becoming the first artist to achieve that at the Manhattan venue.
Other than the iconic jumpsuit and cape, The Peoples Report suggested, other Elvis Presley memorabilia up for auction are a copy of the Bible once gifted to him by a fan, a collection of his hair saved by his barber, and a helmet he wore in the film Viva Las Vegas.
On Friday, Priscilla Presley spoke to People magazine about what it was really like being Elvis Presley’s wife. After the couple got married in 1967, Priscilla Presley explained how tying the bond with the superstar was easy but there were many things to combat in the process.
“My God, I had to learn everything,” she reflected. “Women gravitated to him, so I would be nervous when he had to go to places alone. I would even go with him to get his teeth cleaned! I always had an eye on him because everyone in the world was after him.”
She also had to deal with Elvis’s temper. “If he saw somebody he didn’t like on the TV, he’d get his gun out and blow it up,” she said. “Then he would tell his daddy to go get another TV.”
Besides, at the auction, fans can get a chance to have private lunch with Priscilla Presley, about which she responded by saying, “I thought, ‘Why not be a part of it?’ I used to have a different opinion about these estate sales, but then as I got older I realised that you have to pass these things down to someone who’ll really appreciate them.”
Elvis Presley died at age of 42 in 1977 leaving behind his great career and memorabilia.