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Lot Essay
Elvis wears a similar helmet as part-time race car driver Mike McCoy in the 1966 M.G.M. film Spinout.
Details
Elvis Presley
A blue metal flake motorcycle helmet, fibreglass outer shell, leather chin strap with three snap fasteners and double d-ring fastener, five part snap fasteners to the exterior of the helmet for a visor or face shield; accompanied by a letter from Patsy Presley Geranen This blue motorcycle helmet belonged to Elvis Presley. It was used a lot during the mid to late sixties when he was back into his motorcycle mood
A blue metal flake motorcycle helmet, fibreglass outer shell, leather chin strap with three snap fasteners and double d-ring fastener, five part snap fasteners to the exterior of the helmet for a visor or face shield; accompanied by a letter from Patsy Presley Geranen This blue motorcycle helmet belonged to Elvis Presley. It was used a lot during the mid to late sixties when he was back into his motorcycle mood
Provenance
Ex-lot E257D, 40 years of Rock and Roll, Guernsey's, New York, 21 January, 1995
Special notice
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Further details
Spinout ©Snap/Rex, 1966