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[QUOTE=Steve D.]Frenchy,
I can't tell you if Elvis owned that tattered CTC-5 Wescott.>>>
Since this is a new book from Lisa herself, and just the fact that the set IS tattered and in front of horrid orange drapes and the goofy sculpture on top, tells me it is probably authentic as far as him owning it. I can't imagine them featuring this same ratty set on the CBS tv special if it wasn't authentic, it's in worse cosmetic shape than mine is : () This set was proably the one he moved from his house to Graceland (someone shoulda sued the movers ; )
<<I do know that I have seen several pictures of the Graceland living room and in it to this day sits a pristine CTC-5 Whitby. >>
Ok I don't doubt it in the least, after poking around at his financial bio, I would venture to guess he almost certainly had more than one color set in '57. By then he was making millions, and they were still selling all the CTC-5s new till mid-57. And in later years he upgraded to newer models, but for some reason held on to these old roundies... thank god!
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