ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - A paper cup Elvis Presley is said to have once taken sips from has sold for more than $3,300 (about R40,000) to a hotel owner in Luton, south-east England.
The beverage holder was purchased by the owner of the Icon Hotel - which has been known to hold tribute nights to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll - after going up for sale on online auction site eBay.
According to TMZ, the seller, a lady named June, was hoping for $1,000 from the sale.
The late music legend - who passed away in August 1977 aged 42 - is said to have taken some sips from the Dixie beverage holder after his concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1956.
The cup will come with a letter of authenticity and a notebook full of “research” which has been collected relating to the events surrounding the beaker.
What’s more, the winning bidder will receive the item inside the box it has been stored in since 1956.
The sales pitch stated: “You are bidding on an AUTHENTIC Dixie Cup that Elvis Presley drank from on 19 April 1956 at 10:30 at the corner of 3rd and Boston in Tulsa, Oklahoma."
Presley had performed the night before in Tulsa (18 April 1956).
