Elvis' Backwash Nets $455 on EBay - Page 2

**gblowfish** · 12-28-2004, 04:37 PM

EBay is totally out of control. What kind of mouth breathing moron would pay $455 for three tablespoons of tap water??? Damn...I'm in the wrong business! Story is here:
Purported Elvis Water Brings $455 Bid on EBay

Entertainment - Reuters

MIAMI (Reuters) - Wade Jones of North Carolina says he snared a plastic cup from which Elvis Presley drank at a concert in 1977 and kept the cup and the water for 27 years before selling the remaining few tablespoons of water on eBay.

The winning bid for the water was $455. He says he won't sell the cup.

A 40-year-old resident of Belmont, North Carolina, Jones said he was 13 when he attended a Presley concert at the Charlotte Coliseum in February, 1977, six months before the death of the rock 'n roll icon.

After the concert, Jones went to the stage looking for a souvenir. A policeman gave him the plastic foam cup, from which he had seen Elvis drinking earlier, he said.

Jones said he kept the cup and water in his freezer until 1985, when he transferred the water to a vial and sealed it. Over the years, he said, he acquired a photograph of Elvis holding the cup at that concert as authentication for his claim.

"I promise this thing is 100 percent legitimate," Jones said.

It was the $28,000 eBay sale of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich in which some people saw the image of the Virgin Mary that persuaded him to auction off his Elvis water.

"I've been selling on eBay since 2000. People said you ought to sell that Elvis cup," Jones said. "When I heard the recent news ... about the grilled cheese sandwich, I kind of thought about it.

"I didn't get $28,000, it's true," he said of the winning bid on the 3-4 tablespoons of water. "But I'm happy."

Jones said he got a lot of e-mails asking how much he wanted for the cup. He's not going to sell but is offering to allow the highest bidder to "exhibit" it for a short time. Minimum bid is $300.

"It's something I've had since I was 13 and I'm just not going to get rid of it," he said.

stevieray · 12-28-2004, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ali Chi3fs

Elvis was a piece of shit... everyone says Elvis is the "King of RocknRoll" I say BULLSHIT! He didnt write ANY of his hit songs... he was a 50s version of a manufactured superstar, ie Britney...etc.

The real King of Rock, was either Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry.... I lean towards Chuck.

Fugg Elvis/

**Rain Man** · 12-28-2004, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JennyGump

I once paid $3500 for a shirt.

For that price, I hope you got the contents, too.

tommykat · 12-28-2004, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevieray

Go First Down Elvis.............

2bikemike · 12-28-2004, 09:22 PM

When I first saw this thread I was wondering why anyone would want Grbac's backwash.

beavis · 12-28-2004, 11:39 PM

I got a booger I'll let go for $20.

**Rain Man** · 12-28-2004, 11:45 PM

Whomever bought this was a genius. In ten years, cloning will be legal and socially acceptable and he'll be able to mine a little stale DNA and build his own Elvis. Can you imagine how much your own Elvis would be worth?

**RNR** · 12-28-2004, 11:56 PM

This reminds me of a movie I saw years ago, I can not recall the name of it. This guy was selling splinters from Babe Ruths record setting bat and splinters from the cross Jesus was hung on. Everytime he got a order he would reach in his pocket pull out his pocket knife carve off a peice of his desk and mail it to them.

Hammock Parties · 12-28-2004, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ali Chi3fs

Elvis was a piece of shit... everyone says Elvis is the "King of RocknRoll" I say BULLSHIT! He didnt write ANY of his hit songs... he was a 50s version of a manufactured superstar, ie Britney...etc.

The real King of Rock, was either Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry.... I lean towards Chuck.

Fugg Elvis/

You ass...Jerry Lee Lewis was the real king of Rock and Roll.

Frazod · 12-29-2004, 12:33 AM

Barnum would have loved Ebay.

**SAUTO** · 06-13-2015, 07:05 PM

It was sweet daddy

**Bearcat** · 06-13-2015, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Whomever bought this was a genius. In ten years, cloning will be legal and socially acceptable and he'll be able to mine a little stale DNA and build his own Elvis. Can you imagine how much your own Elvis would be worth?

Not quite there yet.

**Rain Man** · 06-13-2015, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Not quite there yet.

But I think we're getting close.

BullJunkandIron · 06-13-2015, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stop, Chiefs

You ass...Jerry Lee Lewis was the real king of Rock and Roll.

Bret Micheals and Vince Niel dual kings of rock n roll.

True Fan speaks for CP.

DenverChief · 06-14-2015, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gblowfish

A 40-year-old resident of Belmont, North Carolina, Jones said he was 13 when he attended a Presley concert at the Charlotte Coliseum in February, 1977, six months before the death of the rock 'n roll icon.

Is it just me or does the math not add up here?

If he is 40 he would have been born in 1975

He would have to have been born in 1964 to be 13 at 1977 and that would make him 48

stevieray · 06-14-2015, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DenverChief

He would have to have been born in 1961 to be 13 at 1977 and that would make him 52

Is it just you or does the math not add up here?

12-28-2004, 04:37 PM
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