Masithi ufike kwikhadi lokuthengisa lika-Elvis kwiqoqo lekhadi le-baseball. Okanye mhlawumbi ufumene i-replica enye ye-albhamu ye-albhamu yegolide ngaphandle kwegaraji. Mhlawumbi uMkhulukazi wayenomyezo we-covis we-Elvis e-back cabinet yekhitchini. Okanye mhlawumbi unayo iqoqo le-Elvis LP ukusuka emini ngosuku? Ngoku unokuzibuza ukuba zeziphi izinto eziqokelelweyo.
Nangona unokuba nomdla ngento yakho, okanye ingaba nexabiso lexabiso kuwe, i-memoribilia oyifunayo mhlawumbi ayifanelekanga ixesha elithile.
I-Elvis Presley imemorabilia iwela ezinkqutyana ezimbalwa: enye, ukuthengiswa kwezinto ezinokufumaneka ngokukhawuleza okwakungumlinganiselo weshumi xa kuveliswe kwaye kusenokuba lula ukuyifumana namhlanje; kunye neyesibini, izinto zangaphambili, izinto ezinomntu ezimbalwa kwaye ziphakathi.
Ngelishwa ininzi yethu, imemorabilia ye-Elvis Presley esiyifumana ngokuthengiswayo, ukungena kwi-attic okanye kwi-garage ukuthengiswa kweloluhlu lokuqala. I-Elvis yolu hlobo olulinganiselwe, ikhadi yokurhweba, kunye neJailhouse Rock statuette ayibalulekanga, ubuncinane kwimali. Ngokuqinisekileyo, usenokukwazi ukuzithengisa kwi-Ebay ngamabhakethi ambalwa okanye kwithengiso yakho yelinye elilandelayo, nangona kunjalo.
Oko akuthethi, nangona kunjalo, ukuba ezi ziqokelelo ziyize ngeendlela zonke. Ixabiso lisesweni lombonisi (okanye umqokeleli, njengokuba kunjalo). Mhlawumbi le statuette inxalenye yeqoqo lakho leemifanekiso ze-Elvis.
Mhlawumbi unomdla okukhumbulayo ngo-Elvis ibhokisi lecookie. Nangona i-memorabilia ayiyi kukunika ubutyebi, kusenokuba inentsingiselo ekhethekileyo kuwe eyona nto ixabisekileyo ngokwalo.
Yonke into ekuthethwa ngayo, kukho i-Elvis into efanelekileyo, enye yezinto ezinokuthi zifaneleke kubaqokeleli.
Ngokomzekelo, i-pill yepilisi ye-pills ye-Elvis ithengiswe iminyaka embalwa edlulileyo malunga ne-$ 4,000. Ngokufanayo, ubugcisa bokuqala be-albhamu kwenye iirekhodi ze-Elvis zithengiswa malunga nama-$ 5,000. Emva koko kukho ingqungquthela yeenwele ezithembekileyo zika-Elvis (yuck!) Ezithengiswa kwintengiso nge-$ 16,000.
Ngelishwa, uncedo oluxabisekileyo, oluqokelelweyo luvela kubahlobo kunye nabalingane baka-Elvis Presley, oku kuthetha ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba ugijime ngokukhawuleza kwizinto ezinjalo kwi-attic okanye kwindawo yokuthengiswa kweyadi. Nangona kunjalo, nantoni na inokwenzeka kwaye awukwazi nje ngokuqinisekileyo oko unokufumanisa. Kuze udibanise u-Elvis uxabise, nangona kunjalo, ujabulele amaqoqo ohlangeneyo onayo ngenxa yovuyo abakuzisa kuwe. Kwaye ukuba bangazithobeli uvuyo, unako ukuzithengisa kwi-Ebay ngamabhakana amabini.
Ukuba awunayo nayiphi na into ye-Elvis, kodwa ufuna ukubona okanye ukuthenga nayiphi na into, unokwenza kokubili ngexesha lokutyelela eGraceland eMemphis, eTennessee.
Uhlaziywe ngo-Agasti 2017 nguHolly Whitfield