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ELVIS PRESLEY WANTED:
Original
Feb. 1956 Wilson, N.C. Concert Poster _ Will pay
$30,000 cash. (310-346-1965). Items like this,
which ran last week in the classified section of
The Wilson Daily Times, tend to draw both
attention and skepticism, but although this one
sounds too far-fetched to be true, it is no
joke.
The ad was placed by
Andrew Hawley, 42, a rock 'n' roll memorabilia
collector from southern California. Hawley is
looking for original concert posters promoting shows
by musical stars Elvis Presley, Buddy Holley, Bob
Dylan and The Rolling Stones and, based on the
amounts being offered, wants them badly.
As many know, prior to his becoming a rock 'n' roll
legend, Elvis Presley performed in two sold-out
concerts at the Charles L. Coon High School
auditorium in Wilson Feb. 14, 1956. A short time
later, on Sept. 9 the same year, more than 70
million television viewers watched Elvis perform on
"The Ed Sullivan Show," and the rest, as they say,
is history.
Hawley has done research and found that 50 publicity
posters promoting the Wilson Elvis show were
distributed by Hatch Shop Print of Nashville, Tenn.
They were printed on
cardboard measuring 22 by 28 inches and likely
nailed to utility poles, warehouses, billboards and
other places around town prior to the show.
Afterwards, most of them they were probably torn
down or destroyed by the weather, but for anyone who
may have grabbed one as a souvenir and kept it, this
could be your lucky day. Hawley has had reasonable
success thus far in obtaining his posters.
"I got an Elvis poster from someone in Tupelo,
Miss., (Elvis' birthplace) and a Buddy Holly one
from a Madison, Wis., show in 1958," he said.
He paid $30,000 for the Elvis poster and $10,000 for
Buddy Holly's. Hawley has received several calls
about the Wilson ad, mainly from people who said
they attended the Wilson Elvis concert, but no
posters yet. As mentioned earlier, Hawley is also
interested in The Rolling Stones.
"There were three Rolling Stones concerts in North
Carolina in 1965 � Raleigh, Charlotte and
Greensboro," he said. "I've seen all of these
posters, and they're beautiful."
He said 150 were printed for each show, and he is
offering $10,000 for one of those as well. Hawley
said if anyone calls with an Elvis or Rolling Stones
poster, he will come in person to get it and present
the owner with $30,000 for Elvis or $10,000 for the
Stones.
Source: Wilson
Times.com
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