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| Edited By: |Source: ANI |Updated: Aug 16, 2010, 03:38 PM IST
An auction held in Memphis by Heritage Auctions at the weekend for King of Pop Elvis Presley's personal memorabilia has fetched £400,000.
According to The Telegraph, the collection includes a jar stuffed full of his famous locks, a gun he once owned and a deed to Graceland.
Thousands of strands of hair collected by the singer's barber went for £10,700.
Presley's preferred personal hair colourist and stylist Homer M Gilleland collected the locks over years, and handed them over to a friend.
Presley's quiff gathered international attention when he remarked, "Hair today, gone tomorrow" to the press after getting his famous first GI haircut.
The three-page real estate sales contract of Graceland signed "Elvis Aron Presley" fetched £25,000.
As part of Elvis' offer of $102,500, the Presley's home in Memphis was traded in for $55,000.
The singer's gold and diamond 18-carat Cameo ring, with "Elvis" engraved against the backside of the cameo, sold for £25,000.
Presley's custom made gold trimmed sunglasses featuring lightning bolt logos sold for a £13,800 pounds, while his gun, a .22 Harrington and Richardson seven-shot revolver was snapped up for £7,700.
However, Presley's beloved white grand piano expected to fetch £1 million, did not sell at all.
The grand piano was bought second hand by Presley in 1957 and refinished in white with gold trim according to his personal specifications and under his direct supervision.
