Elvis Presley’s Childhood Home Up For Auction
It might be hard to believe but the abandoned childhood home of Elvis Presley is for sale. The New York Post reports that the three-bedroom house, located in Tupelo, Mississippi,…
Elvis fans sit by a shrine to Elvis Presley they made during the candle light vigil August 15, 2004 at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. The vigil is the grand finale of the annual “Elvis Week” in which fans travel to Memphis from all over the world to honor the King of Rock and Roll. (Photo by Mike Brown/Getty Images)
Mike Brown/Getty ImagesIt might be hard to believe but the abandoned childhood home of Elvis Presley is for sale. The New York Post reports that the three-bedroom house, located in Tupelo, Mississippi, was originally expected to be demolished, but will now be sold at an auction of Elvis memorabilia on August 14 in Memphis.
The house is one of many in which the Presley family resided while Elvis was growing up in Tupelo. Elvis lived in this particular home with his parents from 1943 to 1944. If you're a true Elvis fan and have the cash, you may be able to get the house for a song, pun intended. The starting price at the auction will be set between $30,000 and $50,000.
Why so cheap? With Elvis' enduring popularity and the new movie about his life doing so well at the box office, this should cost a small fortune. I mean, think how much money you could make back by opening the home up to tourists. Well, it turns out there's a catch.
You see, the house no longer sits in its original location. It has been dismantled and all of the pieces have been stored in a trailer. If you're the winning bidder, you'll get that trailer containing the parts and the plans so you can piece the home back together wherever you choose. You can even hire the person who took it apart to put it back together for them. I still think it has moneymaking potential as a shrine to the King.
Elvis Presley would've turned 88 today (January 8.)
“The King” has been heavily chronicled over the years and yielded some of the most iconic images in music history. To honor Presley, scroll through the gallery below full of classic photos from Presley's incredible career and life.
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Singer Elvis Presley poses for a studio portrait. (Photo by Liaison)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Ann Margret and Elvis Presley pose in 1964 in USA for a publicity photo for their new film "Viva Las Vegas". (Photo by Liaison)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Singer Elvis Presley poses for a studio portrait. (Photo by Liaison)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Singer Elvis Presley poses for a studio portrait. (Photo by Liaison)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
American rock singer Elvis Presley points to Welsh entertainer Tom Jones' wrist as his wife Priscilla Presley looks on, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1st July 1971. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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President Richard Nixon shakes hands with Elvis Presley December 21, 1970 at the White House. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)
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American rock n' roll singer and actor Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) with his bride Priscilla Beaulieu after their wedding in Las Vegas. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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American film star Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) strides around a ranch with a gun in his hand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977), now a GI, receives his first bundle of mail at the Friedberg US Army base in Germany, where he will serve sixteen months in the 3rd US Armoured Division. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Singer Elvis Presley poses for a studio portrait. (Photo by Liaison)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Singer Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) in a classroom when in the Army. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) being fed a mouthful of wedding cake by his bride Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) and Joan O'Brien play nurse and patient in director Norman Taurog's film 'It Happened At The World's Fair'. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
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The most popular male voices in the USA, singers Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998), left, and Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) share a joke together in Hollywood, unusual as both of the stars are adverse to posing for press photographers. Sinatra was on the set of the film 'Frankie And Johnny' and Presley had just donated $50, 000 to the Motion Pictures Relief Fund to aid needy actors and actresses. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Singer Elvis Presley poses for a studio portrait. (Photo by Liaison)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
US rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) in military uniform during his stint as a US serviceman at the Grafenwoehr exercise camp, Germany. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Elvis and Priscilla Presley with their daughter, Lisa Marie, born on 2nd February. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Singer Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977), 33, and his 22 year-old wife Priscilla, leaving the Baptist Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, with their baby daughter Lisa-Marie, born at the hospital on February 2nd. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) cutting the six-tier wedding cake with his bride Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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President Richard Nixon meets with Elvis Presley December 21, 1970 at the White House. (Photo by National Archives)
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Rock 'n' roll singer Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) chatting to two convalescent teenagers, during a visit to a hospital. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Fans watch as German TV celebrity Uschi Siebert presents American rock 'n' roll star Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) with the keys to the BMW sports car with which German racing driver Hans-Joachim Stuck won a number of world racing events. Presley is a PFC in the American Armed Forces, serving with a US armoured unit at Friedberg. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Portrait of American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley, dressed in an orange open-neck shirt and in front of a brick wall, mid 1960s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Portrait of American singer and actor Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) as he holds a twelve string guitar, mid 1950s . (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Keystone/Getty ImagesAmerican popular singer and film star Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977), to his fans the undisputed 'King of Rock 'n' Roll'. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) poses on a wagon at Knott's Berry Farm in California, circa 1955. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) and Judy Tyler (1933 - 1957) star in the musical film 'Jailhouse Rock', 1957. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Classic Images of Elvis Presley
American rock singer Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) serenades a basset hound in a top hat with the song, 'Hound Dog' on the set of 'The Steve Allen Show,' July 1956. (Photo by NBC Television/Getty Images)
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Singer Elvis Presley holding up actress Jennifer Holden, his co-star in the film 'Jailhouse Rock', as they spend time together in a swimming pool, circa 1957. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
