King pong... Elvis’s undies up for sale

The King’s briefs are to go on sale at an auction of Elvis Presley pop memorabilia.

Unwashed and still soiled with stains, the pair of Presley’s underpants was worn beneath one of his famous white jumpsuit’s during a performance in 1977.

Despite their questionable
hygiene, the light-blue dance briefs are expected to fetch as much as £10,000 when they go under the hammer next month at the auction in Stockport, Cheshire.

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Elvis did not want any lines visible while he was on stage wearing his vast array of dazzling jumpsuits and this pair of underpants was obtained from the estate of Vernon Presley, Elvis’s father.

Presley died 35 years ago this month and the anniversary is expected to help generate added interest from his fans from across the globe.

Other items up for sale include his personal Holy Bible, which is expected to raise up to £25,000.

The bible was given to Presley on his first Christmas at Graceland in 1957 and used throughout his life until his death on August 16 1977.

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It contains his handwritten notes, thoughts, annotations and underlining throughout.

Poignantly, one of the many lines emphasised by the entertainer states: “What is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away.”

Also on sale is 16mm film footage taken from Priscilla Presley’s own personal home movies of Elvis, especially of vacations
and of their daughter Lisa growing up.

It also includes footage of their wedding and the first time Elvis and Priscilla brought their daughter home to Graceland from the hospital, Christmas inside Graceland and other special family moments.

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There has been a surge of interest in pop memorabilia in recent years and Beatles artefacts are also due to be auctioned, including unusual fan club membership presented to a young boy during the band’s heyday

A shirt worn by The Who’s singer Roger Daltrey during an American tour in the mid-1970s is also being auctioned on behalf of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity, of which Daltrey is a patron.

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