This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/27/2021
This comprehensive collection of stationery encompasses the evolution of multiple phases of Elvis’ career in one amazing grouping. It goes from his earliest days in 1955 when the stationery mimicked the pictorial personal appearance contract used by the Colonel through to the Boxcar Enterprises, a corporation founded in 1974 by Elvis and the Colonel to consolidate the licensing of Elvis’ image on merchandising. The collection includes such treasured ephemera as Thomas A. Parker covered wagon “We Cover the Nation” stationery, Elvis Presley Music Inc. pink stationery with Elvis’ image used in the 1950s, the rare Elvis Presley Show letterhead, and White Haven Music, Inc. at 1619 Broadway, the most coveted musical address in NYC in the early 1960s. Several of the pieces of unused, blank stationery come with their corresponding return address envelopes for a total of eight (8) different sheets of blank stationery, four (4) unused envelopes and one (1) unused mailing label. This historic grouping includes:
- Elvis Presley pictorial legal-sized letterhead measuring 14 by 8 1/2 inches (35.56 x 21.59 cm);
- All Star Shows “Thomas A. Parker” stationery group, consisting of “Press Release” sheet measuring 14 by 8 1/2 inches (35.56 x 21.59 cm), letterhead measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches (27.94 x 21.59 cm), notepad sheet measuring 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches (13.97 x 21.59 cm), and envelope measuring 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches (10.8 x 24.13 cm);
- “Elvis Presley Music, Inc.” pink letterhead measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches (27.94 x 21.59 cm);
- Elvis Presley fan club letterhead measuring 9 7/8 by 8 1/2 inches (25.08 x 21.59 cm);
- “The Elvis Presley Show” gray letterhead measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches (27.94 x 21.59 cm);
- “White Haven Music, Inc.” stationery, consisting of letterhead measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches (27.94 x 21.59 cm) and envelope measuring 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches (10.8 x 24.13 cm); and
- “Boxcar Records” stationery, consisting of letterhead measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches (27.94 x 21.59 cm), envelope measuring 4 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches (10.8 x 24.13 cm), and mailing label measuring 3 by 6 1/4 inches (7.62 x 15.88 cm).
The group is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Graceland Authenticated (quoted here). All pieces are in Near Mint to Mint condition.
This lot has a Reserve Price that has not been met.