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A British auction house is selling a remarkable £275,000 collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia including a gold watch he wore on stage at the very start of his career. The items, which also include a pair of his leather boots, a diamond and gold ring, cufflinks and early recording contracts, are being sold in the same week the new blockbuster movie Elvis is released. Many of the lots date to around 1956, the piviotal year in Elvis' fledgling career when he was propelled to stardom.

THE EARLY YEARSDid Elvis first unveil his onstage gyrations at the Louisiana Hayride?In the film, manager-to-be Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) drives to the Hayride, a less prestigious alternative to Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, to see this white kid who has made a Black-sounding record, “That’s All Right.” There, he sees a nervous Elvis blossom into a star in front of his eyes, gyrating in ways that send the teenage girls (and their mothers) in the audience into paroxysms of desire as he sings “Baby, Let’s Play House.”The banter with the Hayride announcer makes it clear that the film is depicting Elvis’ first appearance on the show, which took place on Oct. 16, 1954, after he’d made a disastrous debut on the Opry stage.