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– Elvis Presley wore these blue suede shoes early in his career in the 1950s.
Simple blue suede shoes that are worth a fortune. And for good reason, they were worn by American star Elvis Presley both on and off stage at the start of his career in the 1950s. This pair of shoes sold at auction for £120,000, or more than 140,000 euros, reports The Guardian. The King of rock’n’roll notably wore these shoes during an appearance on Steve Allen’s television show in the United States in 1956, when he performed his song Hound Dogspecifies the British newspaper.
The singer had acquired them as a symbol after performing the title Blue Suede Shoesby Carl Perkins, in his first album in 1956. The singer subsequently gave this size 40 pair to a friend after being called to join the American army during his military service. “When Elvis enlisted in the American army, he organized a meeting at Graceland (Editor’s note, in the artist’s residence in Memphis). Elvis called some people upstairs and gave away some of the clothes he no longer thought he would need or want when he returned from the army.explained the auction house Henry Aldrige & Son Ltd.
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Exceptional pieces
“These shoes are very emblematic. Blue Suede Shoes and Hound Dog are things you immediately think of when you talk about Elvis Presley. They go beyond popular culture. They are simply exceptional pieces of show business, music and popular culture.said the auction house.
The famous pair of shoes, authenticated by Jimmy Velvet, a close friend of Elvis Presley, had already been exhibited in several museums. Last year, the auction house had sold a mink coat having belonged to Elvis Presley for 128 000 livres sterling to an American collector.
