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Elvis Presley Signed 1957 Dollar

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Autographs - Celebrities Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
Elvis Presley Signed 1957 Dollar
A 1957 One-Dollar US bill signed by Elvis Presley, given to his good friend Bill Yates. Yates, an early Sun Records artist, recorded hits at Sun including, “Don’t Step on My Dog,” a reworking and “reply song” to Rufus Thomas’s funky “Walkin The Dog”, and “You Better Stop, Wait and Listen”. Yates was Presley’s first pianist and backed Presley and Patsy Cline among others during his career. His Memphis work with Presley led to work in Presley’s entourage as his bodyguard, starting in 1961. Presley signed this bill for Yates in 1957, soon after he'd shot to meteoric fame the year before at age 21, including acclaimed performances on the Ed Sullivan Show. This bill remained in Yates’s collection for many decades.

This auction lot comes from the private collection of the King Museums, which were long enjoyed by the public in installations across America, Canada, Europe and Japan. Most of the collectibles in those museums came from Elvis Presley's entourage and his top managers and production assistants.