Elvis' Old Bible Sells for $94K

Bible was given to Presley in 1957, contains his notations
By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 9, 2012 6:25 AM CDT
Elvis' Old Bible Sells for $94K
Elvis Presley's personal Bible containing approximately sixteen hundred pages with the singer's notations, handwriting and underlining throughout waits to be sold at an auction of pop memorabilia in Stockport near Manchester, England, Monday Sept. 3, 2012.   (AP Photo/Jon Super)

A bible once owned by Elvis Presley was sold in a British auction yesterday for $94,000, reports the BBC. The bible was given to Elvis for his first Christmas at his Graceland estate in 1957, and contains numerous annotations by the King in the margins. "It was a really exciting atmosphere in the room, we had 300 people and there was bidding online and on the telephone across the world," said one auctioneer. "You could hear a pin drop when it sold for that price." (More Elvis Presley stories.)

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