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Elvis Presley Owned Oil On Canvas Painting Aureus of Vitellius, Roman Emperor 19th April - 20th December 69 AD. Painting is titled in Latin in upper right corner of canvas. This 17th/18th Century painting is from his 1174 Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills, California Home. This painting was sold at public auction by Don B. Smith Auction Co. for Elayne Marks who purchased the home and contents from Elvis and Priscilla. A subsequent auction was held by CSA Auction Co., Saturday, May 2, 1987, at Cook Convention Center Memphis, TN. The Memphis Auction included 60 items from the Don B. Smith auction. The majority of the items from that auction were purchased by Jimmy Velvet, owner of Elvis Presley Museum and friend of Elvis of 22 years. Mr. Velvet owned five Elvis Presley museums at one point (Memphis, Nashville, Orlando, Honolulu, and Kissimmee). This item will come with a copy of the CSA auction catalogue cover and copy of a May, 4 1987 Associated Press Newspaper article in the Meridian Star, "Elvis Home Furnishings Auctioned Off." The article references Harold Bonne of Tupelo, MS as the buyer of $3,325 in Elvis items. Also included, will be a copy of the auction tickets listing items purchased by Harold L. Boone of Tupelo, MS for four paintings and a oriental lamp from Elvis's estate. All of the paintings from Elvis's home sold at Cook Convention Center in Memphis carried a National Van Lines identification sticker to the back of the frame. National Van Lines shipped the Elvis items from Beverly Hills to the Cook Convention Center, Memphis, TN.
The painting is framed in a heavy 4" molding oak frame. Frame is not period. The painting measures 39 1/2" X 49". Repair patch to verso measures approximately 6" X 9". Frame measures approx. 48" wide x 57" high. Condition- Repair patch to verso measures approximately 6" X 9". Canvas has craquelure, paint loss, canvas is weak, needs conservation and lining. See photos.
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