From Huff Po:
When it comes to Elvis Presley souvenirs, the following shows that one collector's ewww is another's treasure.
A pair of soiled underwear worn by Presley under his white jumpsuit -- and not washed afterward -- is expected to fetch $16,000 (10,000 pounds) at an auction in England next month, Metro UK and other outlets reported. But Omega Auctions' website, which displays the item, put the estimate between $11,000 and $14,000 as of Monday afternoon.
As for their condition, let's just say the fuller-cut jockey-style briefs look as if the King did more shaking on stage than in the bathroom. There appears to be other tell-tale signs of potty neglect as well. He wore the skivvies during a concert in 1977, and were obtained from the estate of his dad, Vernon Presley,, according to reports.
The BBC wrote that the underwear wasn't supposed to show any lines beneath his iconic white jumpsuit. The undies are framed for suitable display.
The auction of The King's memorabilia will take place in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and will include an Elvis-annotated bible and home movies.
If you can't get enough of Presley's dirty laundry, the auction will be web-broadcast by Omega Auctions website on Sept. 8, the BBC reported.
Elvis memorabilia with less yuck factor has done well over the years. One of his belts once went for $66,000, MSN reported, and a pill bottle fetched $800.
Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977.
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Haven't they earned enough money with Elvis Presley. Is it really necessary to disgrace him by showing this pants. A real Elvis Fan would boycott an auction like this.
Posted by: CharlieWhiskyMike | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 04:12 AM
A real Elvis Fan would buy the pants, then find a way to lift the DNA embedded in them and clone Elvis.
Posted by: Potatohead | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 07:39 AM
Um no and ew. For some reason I suspect these briefs will be finding a new home in Japan somewhere.
Posted by: Kristina | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 08:14 AM
Something about this smells (and I'm not talking about the underwear) - I think I read someone once that Elvis was wearing an adult-nappy when he was doing the white-jumpsuit look in Vegas (neccessary because of all the years of drug abuse).
Posted by: CheltenhamDude | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 11:06 AM
The funny thing is I heard about this this morning. The local rock radio station's morning show (Woody and Wilcox for those of you in the Charlotte area) have segment called "Mel's Six Pack: Five things you need to know and one you don't." Guess where this fell.
Posted by: NC Tony | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 01:27 PM
Oh...um...ewwwww!
Posted by: Queer Geek | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 02:54 PM
I love Elvis' music, am okay with most of his movies. I even have visited Graceland.
I would not want a pair of his dirty, urine stained underpants. I'm getting sick to my stomach just looking at the picture.
Posted by: Jami | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 04:32 PM
CheltenhamDude: Not quite. He had a genetic bowel disorder which gave him severe chronic constipation. To maintain his health, he had to take industrial-grade laxatives to get his bowels moving. The drug abuse didn't HELP, but he was born with the issues that got worse as he aged.
You know how sometimes he'd look like he dropped 20 pounds since his last show? That was poop weight, my friends. When he died (on a barber's chair, not the toilet), he had over 20 pounds of fecal matter in his colon.
This has been your disgusting trivia for the day...
Posted by: Ted the 'flayer | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 10:32 PM
@Potato Head
no cloning Elvis is not the fans job that's for the aliens to do.
@Ted The Flayer
Elvis was found dead on the floor of a bathroom not on toilet or a barber's chair.
Posted by: Skittles | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 01:26 AM
With all the conspiracy theories out there about Elvis not really dying when they said he did, saw a great bumper sticker today as I was driving home... it read "Honk if you ARE Elvis."
Supposedly, his corpse was "sweating" in the coffin [dead bodies don't sweat, but wax melts in hot weather.]
Posted by: The Last Archimedean | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 03:17 AM
Elvis is living in a trailer park with Jimmy Hoffa, Marylin Monroe and Jim Morrison. Or if you've ever seen the movie "Bubba Ho-Tep" he's living in a retirement home in Texas under the name Sebastian Haff.
Posted by: NC Tony | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 01:19 PM
@NC Tony: Its better than the Southern Vampire/True Blood answer: Elvis is "alive" as a vampire named Bubba, who only drinks cat's blood. Sings on occasion and generally has to be kept out of sight of humans otherwise new round of Elvis sightings.
Posted by: Kristina | Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 08:22 PM