1977 Elvis Collage

This is a flyer from a concert Elvis Presley was scheduled for before his untimely death on August 16th 1977, just five days before this concert date.

Gold Single Record Moody Blue Elvis Presley

The gold record in this framed and matted collage is the gold single “Moody Blue” by Elvis Presley.

Picture and text about Elvis Presley

The text in the box reads:

Elvis Presley was born January 8th, 1935 in Yupelo MS and died on August 16th, 1977 in Memphis, TN. He astonished the white culture of the American 50s with his overt sexuality and synthesis of the hopped-up hillbilly music spot welded to the most African American of Blues sources. Preachers rallied against it, parents hated it, teenage boys emulated it and girls went wild in ecstacy over it. It took the world by storm and while his visual and musical styles had their cultural antecedents in Hollywood and the Mississippi Delta, no one had ever seen anything like him before. It started in 1953 when a 19 year old entered Sam Phillips Sun Studios to cut a disc for his mother. By 1955, after no commercial success of major consequence, virtually every label of standing was bidding for his services. The rest was the beginning of the career of “the King” of Rock and Roll.

Elvis collection plate series

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Elvis Presley Picture 8x10 Photo poster classic charm

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Elvis Heart Key Ring

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Elvis Presley The King Photo Matchcover Unstruck

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DISNEY PIN 2003 STITCH PLAYING GUITAR DRESSED AS ELVIS

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1978 ELVIS PRESLEY NON-SPORTS CARD UNOPENED PACK SEALED

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This is pretty cool. It features Elvis’ pictures, a concert flyer and a gold record.

The text on this says:

Elvis Presley was born January 8th, 1935 in Yupelo MS and died on August 16th, 1977 in Memphis, TN. He astonished the white culture of the American 50s with his overt sexuality and synthesis of the hopped-up hillbilly music spot welded to the most African American of Blues sources. Preachers rallied against it, parents hated it, teenage boys emulated it and girls went wild in ecstacy over it. It took the world by storm and while his visual and musical styles had their cultural antecedents in Hollywood and the Mississippi Delta, no one had ever seen anything like him before. It started in 1953 when a 19 year old entered Sam Phillips Sun Studios to cut a disc for his mother. By 1955, after no commercial success of major consequence, virtually every label of standing was bidding for his services. The rest was the beginning of the career of “the King” of Rock and Roll.

Elvis 1956

Gold Single Elvis Youll Think of Me

The gold single record included in this frame is the song You’ll Think of Me by Elvis for RCA records. Not sure what year that was in.

Text blurn and Elvis picture

Elvis collection plate series

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Elvis Presley Picture 8x10 Photo poster classic charm

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Elvis Heart Key Ring

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Elvis Presley The King Photo Matchcover Unstruck

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DISNEY PIN 2003 STITCH PLAYING GUITAR DRESSED AS ELVIS

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1978 ELVIS PRESLEY NON-SPORTS CARD UNOPENED PACK SEALED

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There are a few ways you can get coins for your collection, you can buy them from a coin dealer, an auction on the internet, other sites on the internet, through the newspaper, television shopping shows or a friend.

Buying coins this way you will need to be knowledgeable, you need to understand coin grading, coin value and what third party grading (slabbed coins) is. One factor that affects all this is your desire to own that coin or series of coins.

Other ways you can get started is looking at your change, buying rolls of coins from banks and supermarkets at face value, use a metal detector on the beach, old trails and old foundations or parks. Back in the good old days banks were not as common as now and the depression era caused a lot of people to bury or hide their money near a land mark of some kind such as an old tree, in certain areas of a barn, loose bricks in a wall,etc.. Finding a coin this way makes it exciting to collect.

I still look at my loose change for coins that have errors on them caused in the making of that coin, some errors that are no longer available in loose change you may have heard of is the 1955 double die, the 1972 double die, and the 1995 double die. One of the more recent errors is the new Washington dollar coin. The U.S. Mint in it’s production of some of these failed to stamp the information on the edge of the coin such as the mint mark, e pluribus unum, in god we trust, making these varieties more like a metal instead of a coin. When these were first discovered they were selling at $200 each.

One other way you can buy coins is from the United States Mint. They produce coins and sets every year, some go up in value others do not, but you can be assured they are real an 99.9% the grade they advertise it to be. You can visit their website or call and ask for a brochure.

To give you an idea of the coins the U.S. Mint sells, in 1995 the Mint was selling a 10th anniversary gold coin set for about $1000. In that set was a silver eagle dollar. It was the only way to get that silver eagle dollar. The set, last I checked, was selling for almost $6000. There are still values out there! Approximately 30,000 sets were sold, that is a low mintage set. The lower the mintage usually the more it’s worth. Mintage means the number of coins the U.S. Mint made that year. For example the 2005D Lincoln penny had 3,764,450,000 pennies made from the Denver mint.

WWII 1938 Nazi German Coin /Swastika WW2---ERA

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VTG COIN OP VENDING C0MPUVEND LOVE METER & STRESSALYZER

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NEW! BALLY PINBALL MACHINE COIN DOOR STAINLESS BOLT KIT

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MID-CENTURY MODERN HEAVY METAL COIN SEPARATOR BANK

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IRAQI RANGER CHALLENGE COIN MERLIN GOLD 1-1/2" $

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MILITARY CHALLENGE COIN 1/331 ST OIF 111 POSTAL SERVICE

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This is a numbered copy of Bob Byerley’s Evening Ride painting.

Bob Byerley Evening Ride

It is number 405 of 500.

Bob Byerley Evening Ride 405 of 500

Bob Byerley Evening Ride information

It has the certificate of authenticity as well as a framed information paper about the painting.

Bob Byerley Evening Ride signature

Bob Byerley Evening Ride Information

The actual size of this painting is about 26 inches by 33 inches.

Vintage 1945 DOG photo / Lady & Panting Spaniel Puppy

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Mighty Panting German Shepherd RING Sterling Silver

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Panting Newfoundland Necklace Pendant or Pin

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Here is something out of the ordinary. I partial collection of Bamm Beano ‘dolls’ licensed by Major League Baseball.

Bam Beano

Bam Beanos MLB Major Players

Baseball Beanie Dolls

The ‘doll’s feature the names of some of the biggest modern era players. McGwire, Justice, Griffey Jr., Ripken, Rodriguez and Jones are the names featured on this collection.

Baseball Beanie Dolls

Mark McGwire 25

Mark McGwire 25