Kitschy treasure trove of Elvis tribute items up for auction

Elvis items cover the first floor of the Holly Springs, Miss., home of the late Paul MacLeod, an Elvis fanatic who called his house "Graceland Too," and was dedicated to the "King" in this 2009 file photo. Walls covered with the albums, singles and their covers will be among the items auctioned Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. MacLeod died last summer. Elvis items cover the first floor of the Holly Springs, Miss., home of the late Paul MacLeod, an Elvis fanatic who called his house "Graceland Too," and was dedicated to the "King" in this 2009 file photo. Walls covered with the albums, singles and their covers will be among the items auctioned Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015. MacLeod died last summer.

By Associated Press January 30, 2015 3 min read

JACKSON, Miss. — Die-hard Elvis memorabilia collectors can get their fix of ruffle-front dress shirts, life-sized cardboard Elvis cutouts and even a non-functioning electric chair made in tribute to “Jailhouse Rock” at an auction this weekend in north Mississippi.

The kitschy stuff didn’t belong to Elvis Presley, but to the late Paul MacLeod, an eccentric Elvis super-fan who ran Graceland Too, a roadside museum dedicated to the king of rock ‘n’ roll.

MacLeod died last summer, and his estate is selling the thousands of things he collected, including albums, guitars, ceramic figurines, commemorative plates, lamps, polyester ruffle-front dress shirts, leather jackets and beaded jumpsuits. It’s selling other manifestations of MacLeod’s Elvis obsession, including life-sized cardboard cutouts of the singer and trunks full of magazines and newspaper clippings that mentioned him.

Also up for auction are four cars, including MacLeod’s pink Cadillac, the replica electric chair that MacLeod built and the ramshackle antebellum home itself, complete with boarded-up windows and questionable plumbing.

Graceland Too was not affiliated with Presley’s Graceland mansion in nearby Memphis, Tennessee, or the late singer’s estate.