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A long time after his dying, the “obsession” with the American rock legend Elvis Presley continues to brush his followers, as a result of his well-known sneakers have been offered for an enormous quantity.
CNN reported that the well-known blue suede “King” shoe was offered for $152,000 on the British public sale home Henry Aldridge & Son.
Bidding for the shoe, which was described as “a singular piece of memorabilia that represented a phenomenon in widespread tradition within the twentieth century, began at $69,000, and its value reached 152,000.
Presley wore dimension 44 sneakers on and off stage within the Nineteen Fifties, in accordance with the outline on the public sale web site.
Presley wore the sneakers whereas singing “I Need You, I Want You, I Love You” and “Hound Canine” on “The Steve Allen Present” in 1956, in accordance with the auctioneer, and later he gave the sneakers to his good friend Alan Fortas in 1958, in The night time earlier than he left to serve within the US Military.
The details about the sneakers was confirmed by Jimmy Velvet, an in depth good friend of Presley and the founding father of a museum devoted to the late artist.
