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Viva Essential Elvis!

When the article was written for Press Pass’s Essential Elvis set in the current issue of Non-Sport Update, a list of signers was not available. Now that the set is live and in stores, a full checklist, including numbers of cards, has been released on.

By Feb 6,2012  0

Essential ElvisWhen the article was written for Press Pass’s Essential Elvis set in the current issue of Non-Sport Update, a list of signers was not available. Now that the set is live and in stores, a full checklist, including numbers of cards, has been released on the Press Pass website (link opens PDF on the Press Pass website).

As mentioned in the article, many return signers have come back, such as band members D. J. Fontana and actresses Nancy Sinatra and Barbara Eden. New signers include Elvis’s life-long friend George Klein, and actresses Marlyn Mason and Julie Adams (yes, the same Julie Adams that was the love interest of The Creature From the Black Lagoon). One new signer who really stands out is Mary Tyler Moore, who co-starred with Elvis as a nun in 1969’s Change of Habit. She’s signing cards for the first time, and she signed slightly fewer cards, making hers the rarest autograph.

A scan of eBay reveals many of these autos going for reasonable prices. The big sellers are Elvis swatches – a triple swatch card in Gold foil went for $129.95, and the rare Quad Swatch with Elvis’s smoking jacket, pajamas, tweed jacket and warm-up suit, numbered to 10 in blue foil sold for$199. Sketches by artist Joe Petruccio number only 50, and one of them sold recently for $150. This is one base set that really holds its value, with one hitting the mark at $149. So far, no sign of any of the cut autos from Elvis.

At $65 per pack, these are still affordable, and with three hits per pack, promise a collectible that will appeal to real Elvis fans everywhere. Read much more about Essential Elvis in the Feb/Mar ’12 issue of Non Sport Update. and visit Press Pass’s Essential Elvis page for an overview of the card series.

 

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