Ake sithi uhlangabezane nekhadi lokuhweba elingu-Elvis ekuqoqweni kwekhadi le-baseball lakho. Noma mhlawumbe uthole isifanekiso sesinye se-albhamu ye-Elvis 'yegolide ngaphandle kwegaraji. Mhlawumbe u-Grandma wayenomkhuhlane we-Elvis ehlathini ngemuva kwekhabhinethi ekhishini. Noma mhlawumbe unayo iqoqo le-Elvis LP kusukela emuva ngosuku? Manje ungase uzibuze ukuthi iziphi izinto zakho zokuqoqa zifanelekile.
Yize ungase ube nomdlandla ngento yakho, noma ingase ibambe inzuzo kuwe, i-memoribilia oyitholile cishe ayifaneleki ngokwezimali.
Izikhumbuzo zika- Elvis Presley ziwela ezinhlobonhlobo zezigaba: eyodwa, izinto ezitholakalayo eziningi ezithengiswayo ezithengiswayo eziyi-daime lapho zakhiwa futhi kusalula ukuthola namuhla; futhi ezimbili, izinto zokuqala, ezodwa-ze-hlobo ezincane futhi eziphakathi.
Ngeshwa iningi lethu, izikhumbuzo ze-Elvis Presley esitholakala ngokuzithengisa, ukungena esiteji se-attic noma ekudayiseni igaraji endaweni yesigaba sokuqala. Leli phepha elilinganiselwe Elvis ring, ikhadi lokuhweba elibaliwe, kanye neJailhouse Rock statuette konke akudingi lutho, okungenani kunombono wezimali. Ngokuqinisekile, ungase ukwazi ukuzithengisa ku-Ebay ngamabhakede ambalwa noma ekuthengisweni kwegceke lakho elilandelayo ngisho nangaphansi, kodwa lokho okuphathelene nakho.
Lokhu akusho ukuthi, kodwa, ukuthi lezi zinto eziqoqiwe zingenasici ngazo zonke izindlela. Inani lisehlweni lombukeli (noma umqokeleli, njengoba kungenzeka). Mhlawumbe leyo statuette iyingxenye yeqoqo lakho lama-figurative ka-Elvis.
Mhlawumbe unezinkumbulo ezijabulisayo zommbizi we-Grandma's Elvis. Ngisho noma izikhumbuzo zingeke zenze ucebile, kungenzeka ukuthi zinezincazelo ezikhethekile kuwe okuyizinto eziyigugu ngokwayo.
Konke lokho okushiwo, kukhona okuqinisekisiwe, okunye okungokwenhlobonhlobo okuthiwa yi-Elvis izinto ezingaphandle lapha ezifanele kakhulu kubaqoqi.
Isibonelo, ibhodlela elingenalutho lepilisi eliyilungu le-Elvis elithengiswe eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule cishe cishe amaRandi 4,000. Ngokufanayo, ubuciko bokuqala be-albhamu ngenye yamarekhodi ka-Elvis 'athengiswa cishe ama- $ 5,000. Khona-ke kukhona imbiza yezinwele zangempela zika-Elvis (i-yuck!) Ezithengiswa endalini ye-$ 16,000.
Ngeshwa, ukuqoqwa okubaluleke kakhulu, okuyiqiniso okuvela kuzo kubangani nabangane baka-Elvis Presley, okusho ukuthi awukwazi ukugijima ngezikhathi ezithile ezintweni ezinjalo kwi-attic noma endaweni yokudayiswa kwendawo. Noma kunjalo, noma yini engenzeka futhi awukwazi neze ukuthi yini ongayithola. Kuze kube yilapho ukhubeka ngaphesheya kwe-Elvis, noma kunjalo, ujabulele iziqoqo ozitholayo ngenjabulo abazisayo kuwe. Futhi uma bengenalo injabulo, ungakwazi njalo ukuwathengisa e-Ebay ngamabhakede ambalwa.
Uma ungenayo izinto zika-Elvis zokuqoqa wena, kodwa ufuna ukubona noma ukuthenga noma yikuphi, ungenza kokubili ngesikhathi uvakashela eGraceland eMemphis, eTennessee.
Kubuyekezwe u-Agasti 2017 nguHolly Whitfield