BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hundreds of pieces of Elvis Presley memorabilia were auctioned off over the weekend by a longtime collector trying to win back his girlfriend after she warned: "You leave the Elvis clothes or I'll leave you."

The items auctioned included three Elvis concert suits, two of which sold for $125,000 and $50,000, said Alan Lipkin, senior vice president of Regency-Superior, which organized the online auction. The third was still on the auction block.

Also sold were necklaces Elvis gave to girlfriends and friends, cufflinks he received from President Nixon and belt buckles he wore, Lipkin said.

The seller, Jim Curtin, collected 600 cartons of Elvis memorabilia for more than 30 years and met the star several times.

His unrelenting adoration eventually got the attention of Elvis, who personally presented Curtin with a white jumpsuit he wore in a Houston concert in 1974, according to the Regency Web site.

So why give up the lifetime collection?

"He's doing this to try to win back his girlfriend," said Lipkin.

Attempts to reach Curtin, who lives in Philadelphia and has an unlisted number, were unsuccessful.

Total auction sales wouldn't be tabulated until Tuesday, but organizers estimate the take could reach $2 million.
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His girlfriend sounds like a real piece of work.

what a b****,sorry for swearing,but thats just horrible

well, obviously he truly cared about his girlfriend. such an obsession could be very unhealthy for a relationship, so it was probably best that he got rid of all the elvis junk. plus he made a bunch of money.

Good, true love always win.

=D

l agree ,
' love will conquer all '
now l wonder if she will stay with him .

Leaving him now would be ultimate cruelty!

Love will conquer all? Why couldn't she get over his Elvis collection then if she loved him so much? I think this "love" is one sided.

I don't think she will... he gave up so much just in hopes to make her happy... sounds like she has insanely high standards.

oh, and she probably won't leave him now that he's got more money...
Yeah, that's how I am picturing that woman

Agreed...the woman will probably just stay for the money...life can be cruel...
At least he has a golden heart

Forsaking Elvis over any woman is Blasphemy! He deserves to be so lonely baby...so lonely he could die!

I didn't think of that... so... she's a gold digger, unlovable witch from hell. Sounds like a great way to start a life together.

lol

THAT IS ONE DUMB SON OF A ******
AND HIS GIRLFREIND IS A ******
i say dump the girl get the stuff back and file a lawsuit aganist the girl for tricking him into selling his elvis stuff

Easier said than done my friend...

The judge would laugh that one out of court.

He is dumb though and yes, she isn't a very nice lady. She should have just accepted him for who he was not who he should be.

UNLESS...the judge is an elvis fan lol

Now what would be the odds of THAT?

Well she might leave him...after they get married, and take his money...leaving him with no girlfriend and no elvis

Oh, that woman is such a supportive one, isn't she.

Yes love does conquer all .

probably there is more behind this statement then we are told , he could have said something to her too.
he didn't have to sell his Elvis collection if he didn't want to but he seems to love her and choose to sell it to show her how much he would do for her .

also l do agree with you , that considering he would sell it all , she should also sell her stuff that she treasures to show how much she loves him, like you said

I think he's a loser if he stays with someone that superficial, not to mention selfish.

Agreed!! She should love him as he is, not how she WANTS him to be.

I'm a big believer in taking people as they are and not trying to change them, but we really don't know enough about this couple to judge either of them, I think. I just hope whatever choices they've both made wind up making them happy.

I hope he kept at least SOME of his memorabilia, though.

Okay, I know I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, but....

...being married to a man with packratitis I can understand where she is coming from. It is a form of obsessive compulsive disorder and for a person that has to be organized living with someone like that can be hell. Several of our friends have gotten divorced, because of course he gravitates to people with the same interests, which includes collecting THINGS. He complained, while trying to find something in the attic, that we have 37 chairs up there...none of which are mine. A few weeks later he brings home four more that he got at an auction. If we really can't afford the 'great deal' he gets on something and/or don't have the space for it, it can be maddening. Because we don't have enough room he bought a storage container and put it at our business, which he has almost filled to capacity. What's he going to do when he fills it up?

We discussed this before we got married and we've both compromised, but it's difficult at times.

Well if he was a true "pack rat" (just an example here) he wouldn't have given up his collection, because it would have caused him anxiety , especially if it was a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He would have went with Elvis.

Wow, he must really be 'love struck' to give up his Elvis collection.

Oh please, you can overcome obsessive compulsive disorder.

Uh...no, it's not curable.

I didn't say you would be completely cured, I said you can overcome it so that it doesn't rule your life.

Even then there is no guarantee. They have therapy that costs thousands of dollars. And you can even try Zoloft, but even then, that isn't a guarantee either, since some people report no effect, besides seizures and hair loss. OCD is treatable. And what...it didn't say in the article that this was his problem anyway.

Yes, yes, your right...I should have known better than to even thnk that I may know more about something than you.

Nah, you know things that I don't. And I've seen it based on what you write in these forums.

*faints*

It's true

not a smart guy. what will happens when the gf leaves him. what is he going to do? real love is mutual. not here though she just wants his money obviously, and does not respect his wishes at all. i hate how love can destroy lifes

I agree with you. When she leaves him or however it will end, I can imagine that he'll regret that he gave something up that he was so passionate about. Love shouldn't be about materialism.

Argh....why is everyone assuming that they are going to break up? Everyone has to compromise...I gave up things that my husband hated because no THING is worth more to me than him and visa versa. They may not have been as valuable as the Elvis collection, but I still liked them just the same. Just like he took the retched mule skull out of the dining room and put it in the attic, which he really likes for some reason.

Well to begin with, she threatened to leave him
Hardly sounds like they will last long if they were about to break up over something so "trivial". Trivial only to my perception and my perception alone.

He trades in his love for Elvis for another love, who does not love his love for Elvis. She displays a lack of love for the things he loves. LOL

There are too many factors that we don't know. It would be one thing if his entire house was filled with elvis memorabilia: posters on the walls, the jumpsuits displayed on mannequins in the living room. Another thing entirely if he had it all packed neatly away, which it sounds to me like he did.

If I can put up with a klingon battle ship cruiser whatever falling on my head when my fiance and I get frisky, she should be able to put up with a few elvis items. (Sorry, couldn't help it - and no, my fiance is not 14)

A klingon battle ship...

Forgive me, I'm in a goofy mood tonight.

But 600 cartons over 30 years he's been collecting??? I guess it depends on how much he's spent on the stuff instead of a bigger house to store it. Come to think of it, if he COULD afford all that, why could he not afford a storage unit to keep it in? Unless he was spending money that he really couldn't afford to spend.

SUICIDE!!

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Now what would be the odds of THAT?
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10 to 1

His GF told him to sell that collection if he loved her...that just shows that the chances of breaking up is higher...bu the money will keep her around

i've had obsessive compulsive disorder for the majority of my life. it is a very hard thing to deal with, but some people can be treated. it cannot be overcome, but it can be lessened. this all depends on the person, though, and there is no real guarantee that anything will work for you. please don't belittle a mental illness such as OCD that causes so many people so much pain.

I agree with frogfish. Giving someone an ultimatum does not sound like it will last.

In other Elvis news...

"Let's face it. Who doesn't feel a teensy bit tense when an irritating song hits high rotation on the radio? Inside Cover found itself fantasising over ways to squash a small amphibian when the Crazy Frog song was infiltrating the collective psyche a few months back.

Apparently a woman in Northam (roughly north of Perth in Western Australia) feels the same way about Burning Love by Elvis Presley. If we are to believe police, "tense" probably doesn't begin to cover her reaction to Elvis the Pelvis being played continuously on Monday night.

Police will allege she stabbed her 35-year-old partner six times with a pair of scissors because he kept playing Burning Love over and over again.

Luckily, the Elvis fan was not seriously injured. He was stitched up at Northam Regional Hospital and discharged that night with wounds on his head, back and legs and a severed blood vessel in his temple.

His 30-year-old partner will face Perth Magistrate's Court today after briefly appearing before a justice of the peace in Northam yesterday on a charge of unlawful wounding."

Source: The West Australian - 11 January 2006


methinks girlfriends and Elvis don't mix...