Elvis's first guitar and 24 kt gold piano to go under the hammer

Elvis’s first guitar goes for saleElvis’s first guitar and Beatles rare pics goes for sale

Someone who can manage to remain the heartthrob of millions even after 34 years of death is surely a true rock star. Yes, we are talking about the Rock n Roll king Elvis Presley who had created such a great standard in music industry that is hard to compete even today. We have earlier mentioned Elvis Presley’s memorabilia that fetched millions at an auction and now once again Rock n Roll fans can grab his first ever guitar at Guernsey’s Auction House in New York. His first guitar was a gift from his mother on his 11th birthday. The guitar was bought from the Tupelo Hardware Store and costed $6.95 at that time which is expected to fetch more than $300,000 today.

The auction will take place on September 24 and 25 at the Guernsey’s Auction House in New York and will include more than 1000 other celebrities’ memorabilia apart from this iconic guitar. Guernsey’s owner and president, Arlan Ettinger said “One could imagine that this guitar is worth as much if not more than that. You’ve got to marvel at this guitar.”

Elvis’s first guitar and Beatles rare pics goes for salephoto of Stuart Sutcliffe, the fifth Beatle, with George Harrison (far l.) and John Lennon (far r.)

Apart from the legendary guitar, the auction will also sell the rare Beatles photos by Astrid Kirchherr who captured the band members during their heydays in Germany. The photographer met Beatles in 1960s in Hamburg, Germany and was engaged to the fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe until he died of brain hemorrhage at the age of 22. Beatles was active in 1960s and was the most commercially acclaimed rock band at that time. The Beatles memorabilia also has 10 of Sutcliffe’s artworks and the letters that Sutcliffe sent to Kirchherr.