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LOT 3564
Historic and Desirable, Cased C.F. Martin & Co. D-35 Acoustic Guitar Played on Stage by the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley with Letter of Provenance and Certificate of Authenticity - Here at Rock Island Auction Company, we have had the honor of offering multiple items that belonged to “The King”, particularly his firearms. In 2017, we offered to the public a Smith & Wesson Model 19-2 revolver and a Colt Python revolver, both of which were highly embellished and sold for $195,500 and $172,500 respectively. Then in 2023, RIAC was pleased to offer Presley’s exhibition quality master engraved, gold and silver inlaid Smith & Wesson Model
360 53 United States Bicentennial revolver, which fetched $199,750. In 2020, the rock and roll memorabilia seller,
Gotta Have Rock and Roll, sold his 1942 Martin D-18 guitar for a whopping $1,320,000. It is clear that items which belonged to The King remain extremely desirable and collectible to this day, perhaps with none more sought-after than stage used guitars. It is with great pleasure we now offer another, one that may top all we have previously offered when it comes to legendary items related to Elvis Presley; one of his stage used Martin & Co. D-35 acoustic guitars. Elvis needs no introduction, with few figures in human history being so widely recognized and admired. The musician and actor is one of those transcendent pop culture icons, occupying space within
the human psyche shared only with the most legendary icons such as Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Audrey Hepburn, and The Beatles, with “The King” arguably topping them all.