8378 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley Signed 1968 Elvis Convention Tickets with the Signing Pen, Elvis’s Cigar, and Snapshots

Elvis and Priscilla Presley Signed 1968 Elvis Convention Tickets with the Signing Pen, Elvis’s Cigar, and Snapshots Two ‘Elvis Convention '68’ tickets, each 4.5 x 3.5, issued by the Official Elvis Presley Fan Club of Great Britain and the Commonwealth for its convention at the De Montfort Hall, Leicester, on July 21, 1968, individually signed on the front in blue felt tip, "Elvis Presley" and "Thanks, Priscilla Presley." The tickets are numbered ‘No. 491’ and ‘No. 492’ on the reverse, respectively. Includes three original color snapshots (3.25 x 3.5 and 3.5 x 3.5) documenting the encounter: Elvis, in tinted glasses, seated in a car with the two tickets in hand, the pen in one hand and the cigar in the other, as the fan leans in at the window; Priscilla signing a ticket with the same blue pen at the car window beside a fan; and the fan standing in front of the NBC KNBC-4 sign in Burbank, annotated on the reverse in blue ink, "Waiting at NBC studios to see Elvis's TV Show." Also included: the blue Scripto Fiba-Pen felt-tip pen used to sign the tickets; the cigar Elvis is shown holding (a slender cigar with a yellow plastic tip), about 6.5″ in length; and a full ticket to the NBC Color City taping of 'Elvis' at Studio 4, Burbank, on Saturday, June 29, 1968, encapsulated and graded by PSA as "NM 7." In overall fine condition, with toning to the tickets. An exceptional example of photo-matched provenance, with Elvis pictured holding the very tickets offered here; Presley autographs are rarely accompanied by photographs of the moment they were signed. On June 21, 1968, while leaving his home at 1174 Hillcrest Drive in Beverly Hills for the second pre-recording session at Western Recorders, Elvis stopped to sign autographs for waiting fans, and one of them lit his cigar. The sessions were part of the production of his NBC television special, taped before studio audiences at NBC in Burbank at the end of June and broadcast on December 3, 1968. The special re-established his reputation in the entertainment world.