The bidding war for Elvis Presley’s old house is finally over with psychic Uri Geller emerging the victor following a £481,250 bid on auction website eBay.
Geller, who originally bid £159,000 in April before a bidding war ensued, teamed up with New York lawyer Jim Gleason and English jeweller Lisbeth Silvandersson, in order to raise the bid.
Geller said that the trio were extremely pleased with the outcome.
"We're unbelievably pleased. This is a piece of history," the Mirror quoted him, as saying.
Geller, who is superstitious about the number 11, said that he was sure that they had won the bidding when the message he sent Gleason turned out to be the eleventh one he had sent, and when the radio started playing Elvis.
"As bidding closed, I texted Gleason and it was 11 on my mobile and the radio started playing Elvis. That was Elvis telling me we got the house!" he added.
Geller revealed that they now play to restore the property, which has been occupied by private owners since Elvis sold it, to its old ‘glory’.
"We intend to restore it to its old glory. We'd like to bring sick children there for tours. Hopefully one day we might get approval to turn it into a museum," he said.
{{/usCountry}}"We intend to restore it to its old glory. We'd like to bring sick children there for tours. Hopefully one day we might get approval to turn it into a museum," he said.
{{/usCountry}}The ranch-style home is where The King lived in the late 1950s before moving to his estate which he named Graceland after his career took off with hits such as All Shook Up.