Objects used in autopsy of Elvis out to auction in the US

[Good Lets Dance]

Would DNA exist in any of this stuff?  Just wondering.

LOL, probably but that wouldn't answer any questions, just raise more. They have compared the DNA from different samples taken at the autopsy, none of them matched another.  :lol:

They did not have DNA technology in 1977, so how could they have taken DNA samples? This is soo Bogus!

[TinkerBell_777]

Would DNA exist in any of this stuff?  Just wondering.

LOL, probably but that wouldn't answer any questions, just raise more. They have compared the DNA from different samples taken at the autopsy, none of them matched another.  :lol:

They did not have DNA technology in 1977, so how could they have taken DNA samples? This is soo Bogus!

They could take DNA samples in '77, simply through blood samples. Indeed, only in the mid 1980s, a technique was developed called restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP, pronounced “rif-lip”). This technique became the first genetic test using DNA. This means the DNA tests could have been accurately performed later, based on the samples taken in '75 and '77 (which don't match by the way, as Souza said). However, the lock of hair which was auctioned is a great clue, if it really belongs to Elvis!!! Maybe Eliza and Jesse can use it to determine one control DNA sample and to eliminate the others. Anyway, after 33 years this auction is very weird, to say the least...


LOVE,
Andy

[~Souza~]

Would DNA exist in any of this stuff?  Just wondering.

LOL, probably but that wouldn't answer any questions, just raise more. They have compared the DNA from different samples taken at the autopsy, none of them matched another.  :lol:

They did not have DNA technology in 1977, so how could they have taken DNA samples? This is soo Bogus!

Ever heard of blood samples and samples of the liver etc? Apparently you haven't watched the videos either, because the DNA tests were first done in 2002.

Think before you act,

[2good2btrue]

Maybe Eliza Presley should bid on the Elvis hair clippings for auction to get those DNA samples she was after.... xoxoxo

[Glinda]

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Elvis embalming tools no long up for auction in Chicago

Yes, you read the headline correct. Embalming tools used on Elvis Presley were set to go to the highest bidder later this summer. The Chicago based, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers were all ready to let bidders and Elvis fans duke it out for a chance to take home: rubber gloves, forceps, lip brushes, a comb and eyeliner and needle injectors. The auction house was set to start the bidding on August 12th and estimated the bidding for the tools to start around $8,000 dollars. Idol worshippers briefly entertained thoughts of draining their bank accounts to take home genuine Elvis souvenirs.

But, bad news Elvis fans, the King and his tools have left the building.

According to an official press release from Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, the authenticity of the tools has been called into question, forcing those items to be removed from the block. This decision was not made by the auction house, but by the owner of the instruments, a former senior embalmer at the Memphis Funeral Home. The former embalmer and his son, the owners of the tools, have decided to return the instruments back to the the Memphis Funeral Home and it’s parent company Service Corporation International. By doing this, the two hope the company will donate the tools to a worthy cause.

This isn’t the first time a rather strange item of the King’s went for auction. In October of 2009 fans had a chance to bid of snippets of the Elvis’ hair disgarded upon his entrance to the military.

[m8ighty]

anything for money, thank god he flushed or there would be fecal matter for auction

[Empathy]

I actually tuned into the radio last night and was,nt expecting a discussion about this subject of Elvis' autopsy instruments. The radio personality was actually saying - how would people even know they were the actual objects and even if they were, why on earth would anyone want them? he even said its pretty macabre and even more odd that 30 years down the line they are being auctioned.  I also think its all a pretty bizarre thing to do.

[suspicious mind]

maybe the date could mean something?