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These large Hound Dogs were available to buy at Elvis concerts in the
1970s for $15.00 dollars each. This larger version is rarer then the other
two because of its size.

The Hound Dog came with a ribbon on its neck that says ‘Elvis Festival’ and
stands at around 4 feet tall. As you can see in the photo below there is a
medium size version and a smaller version.

Sometimes, the smaller ‘Hound Dogs’ were used by Elvis and he would
throw them into the audience usually during his performance of ‘Teddy
Bear” in his 70’s Concerts. But the vast majority of small ones were originally
purchased by fans from the souvenir stalls.

When Elvis died in 1977, Parker found himself with excess stock and sold
these during the ‘Always Elvis’ tour in 1978. The original ribbon had Elvis’
name running horizontal and the 1978 leftover stock had the same ribbon
with Elvis a little smaller and the ‘Always Elvis’ logo added below it (See logo
bottom right).

Joe tells us that he has seen people take scissors to the 1978 Hound Dogs
ribbons and cut off the ‘Always Elvis’ logo off and trying to sell these as
original Elvis concert souvenirs.

Hound Dog Values:
Large = Book value $2000 - Joe’s value = $600
Medium = Book value $750 - Joe’s value = $300
Small = Book value $500 - Joe’s value = $200

Asking Joe about the value of the ‘Always Elvis’ versions he stated he has
never seen a real book valuation but he would value it at around $150.

We will be bringing you more from Joe’s bits soon, right here on E.E.R

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REMEMBER - Items are only worth what people are willing to pay for them. Our valuations are simply a guide and should not be taken as literal.

Hi guys and gals, Lee here! I love the old advertising stuff for Elvis releases and other cool things, but like most of you, the chance of owning
these classic old items is very slim indeed and so what I have done is invite my co-host Joe to share with us some of these rare and valuable
items from his personal collection........This time round Joe sends in:

CONCERT HOUND DOGS

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