{"id":29831,"date":"2024-07-01T21:02:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T21:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/elvis-presleys-legendary-blue-suede-shoes-sell-for-over-150k-at-auction\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T21:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T21:02:31","slug":"elvis-presleys-legendary-blue-suede-shoes-sell-for-over-150k-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/elvis-presleys-legendary-blue-suede-shoes-sell-for-over-150k-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis Presley&#8217;s legendary blue suede shoes sell for over $150K at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-01\/Getty_ElvisPresley_0701224.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Archive Photos\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Elvis Presley<\/strong>&#8216;s legendary blue suede shoes, famously immortalized in the song, have fetched over $150,000 at auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The shoes, worn by the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll icon during the 1950s, were purchased by an American collector based in California on Friday, according to the auction house Henry Aldridge &amp; Son, which hosted the sale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Auctioneer <strong>Andrew Aldridge<\/strong>, speaking to <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Good Morning America<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> via email, emphasized the significance of the sale, stating, &#8220;The price for me reflects the importance of such an iconic object.&#8221; He added, &#8220;The sale of the shoes reflects the iconic nature and the enduring fascination in Elvis.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the auction listing, Presley wore these iconic blue suede shoes both on and off stage throughout the 1950s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">They gained particular fame during Presley&#8217;s appearance on <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">The<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Steve Allen Show<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> on July 1, 1956, when he mentioned them before performing &#8220;I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Elvis\u00a0gifted the shoes to his close friend and entourage member\u00a0<strong>Alan Fortas<\/strong>\u00a0the night before the singer departed for Army service in 1958.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">The authenticity of these shoes is further validated by an Elvis Presley Museum certificate included with the shoes, which was hand-signed by <strong>Jimmy Velvet<\/strong>, a close friend of Presley for over two decades and the founder, original president and CEO of the Elvis Presley Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archive Photos\/Getty Images Elvis Presley&#8216;s legendary blue suede shoes, famously immortalized in the song, have fetched over $150,000 at auction. The shoes, worn by the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll icon during the 1950s, were purchased by an American collector based in California on Friday, according to the auction house Henry Aldridge<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/elvis-presleys-legendary-blue-suede-shoes-sell-for-over-150k-at-auction\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}