Courtesy of GWS Auctions, Inc.A jet formally owned by Elvis Presley and his father, Vernon, sold for the whopping price of $430,000 at an auction held Saturday in Agoura Hills, California, according to LiveAuctioneers.com. The 1962 Lockheed Jetstar jet has been a popular tourist attraction at an airport in Roswell, New Mexico, where it has sat on a runway for more than 30 years.
The jet features an interior with a variety of custom-designed alterations specified by the late King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, including red-velvet seats, red carpeting, and gold-tone hardware and woodwork. The plane has no engine, and has not been restored since Presley owned it. The jet was the only plane that had belonged to Elvis not currently housed at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
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