Pair of mint-green pyjamas auctioned

American singer Elvis Presley’s first music agency contract, signed by ‘the King of Rock and Roll’ in 1956, has been sold for £37,000 at an auction in the U.K.

A pair of mint-green pyjamas, that Presley wore during his stay at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in the U.S. in 1977, was also auctioned and fetched £8,000.

“He spent a week there recovering from exhaustion and they were left at his father’s home,” said Andrew Aldridge from the Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, an auction house in the United Kingdom.

After Elvis died in August 1977, aged 42, the pyjamas went on display at the world famous Elvis-A-Rama museum in Neveda for many years. His first music agency contract, signed in January 31 in 1956, was also auctioned and sold for £37,000, ‘BBC News’ reported.

“There was significant interest in the auction from buyers all over the world especially from the U.S. and U.K. both online and bidders on the phone,” Aldridge said.

“The prices achieved reflect the continuing interest in the King of Rock and Roll,” he said.