By Emma Clark
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A number of items which belonged to Elvis Presley are expected to fetch thousands at auction
It could have been one of his very first signatures – but it was made out years before Elvis Presley took to the stage as the King of Pop.
Instead it was on the 13-year-old singer’s library card, which is expected to fetch thousands when it goes up for auction next week.
The teenager checked out a copy of The Courageous Heart: A Life of Andrew Jackson For Young Readers from Humes High School in Memphis, shortly after he and his family moved there from his childhood home of Tupelo.
The 1948 card was found by a librarian while throwing out old books.
The card, which is being sold along with a copy of the book, is expected to fetch more than £2,500 when it is sold on August 14.
The signature is thought to be one of the oldest ever autographs penned by the King, who died at the age of 42 in 1977.
Other items in the Heritage Auctions Ultimate Elvis Signature Auction, which will be held at The Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, include guns and pill bottles belonging to the late star, as well as his trench coat.
‘Elvis remains one of the most popular and durable figures in American Pop Culture,” said Margaret Barrett, Director of Entertainment & Music Memorabilia at Heritage Auctions.
In June a watch given by Elvis Presley to a friend while on military duty in the late 1950s has sold for over £32,000 at auction.
The library card, pictured left, signed by a 13-year-old Elvis Presley, highlighted in red, when he checked out a copy of The Courageous Heart: A Life of Andrew Jackson For Young Readers, pictured right
Other items in the Heritage Auctions Ultimate Elvis Signature Auction include the singer’s trench coat and pill bottles
Elvis gave the Omega Constellation to army buddy Charlie Hodge and it was snapped up by a collector for more than five times its estimate.
It would have been worth just less than $ 1,500 had it not be worn on the wrist of The King.
It is thought the singer bought the timepiece for himself and it is known that he had it when he was stationed in Germany with his friend Charlie who died recently.
The watch sold at Antiquorum auctions in New York and went for a total of $ 52,922.80.
Elvis started his career in Memphis after his family moved there from Tupelo when he was 13.
The King went on to publish 13 number one albums and appear in 33 films, despite a brief break in his career when he was drafted in for miltary service in 1958.
A gun owned by the singer and film star will be amongst the lot to under the hammer next week
Fans will also be able to bid for a ring thought to belong to the late star
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