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EmmasOneandOnly
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« on: August 03, 2005, 10:32:30 AM »

I want to get my mom something for her birthday, something nice since I'm not ten anymore an can actually buy her something nice. Which one would you get for your mother if she was an Elvis fan:

Leather Jacket
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Piece of hair

Please help!! Her birthday is September 30th so I have less then two months.
I found the leather jacket is between 50 and 80 and the piece of hair for 50
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2005, 10:54:42 AM »

Leather Jacket, without a doubt.

The pieces of hair are kind of creepy...

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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2005, 10:58:01 AM »

LOL-Thanks I was going to go with the hair but I think she might like the jacket as well Grin
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2005, 12:04:19 PM »

What's this? A piece of his hair?? Im confused
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2005, 03:20:58 PM »

Yeah I've seen it - possibly the freakiest trading card out there!

I hope Tom doesn't mind us stealing his pics, I think he's the only one on ebay with this card



At the bottom right - the thing that looks like a baseball is a hole with a hair in it - go figure - do they want to make his DNA available for cloning or something? Tongue Maybe it doesn't have the end Wink

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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2005, 05:26:39 PM »

The hair card is kind of disgusting. Tongue  Do you have a picture of the leather jacket?
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« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2005, 06:04:28 PM »

Jacket definately! I'm a HUGE Elvis fan and there's no way I'd want a piece of his hair - eewwwww

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« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2005, 06:13:58 PM »

I can see some 60-something woman, swooning over the strand of hair...my mother, perhaps. Roll Eyes  I wonder how many strands of hair the company needed to produce 5,000 cards?
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« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2005, 10:06:55 PM »

Do you have a picture of the leather jacket?

Here's a picture of the card Mike was referring to:


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« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2005, 10:19:42 PM »

The 'strand of hair' card is hideous ... however, I would imagine the leather jacket one would appeal to everyone! Wink
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« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2005, 10:46:03 PM »

I want to know how thay got the hair in the first place.  Very creepy.
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« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2005, 11:00:50 PM »

Well ... they could have taken small clumps of hair as mementoes (his wife and daughter I mean) when he died and used those in the swatches? They would be worth qute a bit by now I would imagine and it's not that uncommon a thing to do either ... I have small curls of hair from both my late parents and the undertakers are only too happy to oblige to do the cutting on your behalf. Wink
Other than that ... it's a bit too gross to think about! Undecided
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« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2005, 11:04:16 PM »

It says this on the back of the card:

The accompanying Elvis Presley hair was acquired from the April 23rd, 2003 Mastronet auction lot #583 and was originally obtained from Homer "Gill" Gilleland who was Elvis Presley's personal hair stylist for over 20 years.  The Elvis Presley hair was examined and authenticated by John Renikoff of the Universary Archives, who is considered "the most trusted authority in the field of hair collecting today" as stated by Mastronet, for the April 23, 2003 Mastronet auction.

"The most trusted authority in the field of hair collecting?" ROFL!  It's amazing how some people earn a living!
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« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2005, 11:08:07 PM »

It says this on the back of the card:

The accompanying Elvis Presley hair was acquired from the April 23rd, 2003 Mastronet auction lot #583 and was originally obtained from Homer "Gill" Gilleland who was Elvis Presley's personal hair stylist for over 20 years.  The Elvis Presley hair was examined and authenticated by John Renikoff of the Universary Archives, who is considered "the most trusted authority in the field of hair collecting today" as stated by Mastronet, for the April 23, 2003 Mastronet auction.

"The most trusted authority in the field of hair collecting?" ROFL!  It's amazing how some people earn a living!

Jeez ... there are some sad people around aren't they ... saving the hair clippings etc of the fat and famous! Roll Eyes Tongue
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« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2005, 11:09:43 PM »

I'm currently trying to squeeze information out of my mom to see whats she'd like better Grin
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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2005, 06:10:29 AM »

That hair card is just STRANGE....but I really like the leather jacket one  Cheesy
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« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2005, 11:37:23 AM »

Well...bad news. I asked my mom and I think she read my mind. She said "No, no. I wont have you spending your money on a card that will collect dust on a shelf in my closed until we move again"  Undecided
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« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2005, 09:37:37 PM »

That's just SICK, y'all Tongue

Give me the leather jacket any day!

And Mike - maybe your mum is right - you might want to get her something that can be displayed and admired in everyday life. Maybe a framed photo display of Elvis?

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« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2005, 12:17:53 AM »

Hmmm...that sounds good. She could place it behind her Elvis head (you remeber those 3D puzzles, she got the Elvis one). A nice little touch of light and color to the dark shelf
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