Elvis Presley Autopsy Tools Pulled From Chicago Auction, Authenticity Questioned

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The authenticity of tools supposedly used in Elvis Presley's autopsy and embalming is being questioned, and the items have been withdrawn from a Chicago auction.

Memphis Funeral Home president E.C. Daves told The Commercial Appeal newspaper in Tennessee that there's no way to tell whether the items being offered for sale through Leslie Hindman Auctioneers are authentic.

Daves says a retired embalmer claims he took the items after Presley's embalming Aug. 16, 1977. But Daves says another employee told him the equipment was sterilized and used again.

The items included rubber gloves, forceps, a comb, a toe tag and eye liner. They were to be auction in two sets valued at $8,000 and $6,000.

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Information from: The Commercial Appeal, http://www.commercialappeal.com

Comments

[Biendiosa]

09:27 PM on 07/24/2010

What a sick way to earn money.
This is as bad as the selling of Marilyn Monroe's xrays.

[Quaoar]

10:57 PM on 07/23/2010

The tools have left the building.

[LMPE]

05:47 PM on 07/23/2010

Can't we let the King rest in peace?

[dianhow]

05:28 PM on 07/23/2010

Is there NO limit on how low people will stoop ?
Guess not Shame on this man but I doubt he cares

[knightoftheroundtable]

05:27 PM on 07/23/2010

What a sick society. Hey, anybody want to buy a 3rd molar from the mouth of the King?