$212,588.40
That’s how much Elvis’s Madison Square Garden jumpsuit sold for at auction. You’ll recall we discussed a bit ago this item and a few others that belonged to the late sg songwriter Dottie Rambo going up for sale. Bidding for the jumpsuit opened at $100K. The karate card opened at $10,000 and sold for almost $22K. A bejeweled belt (hideously gaudy as per late Elvis couture) opened at $8,000 and sold for just shy of $25K.
If you need me, I’ll be furiously looking for any Elvis-related memorabilia I might have mislaid, forgotten, or otherwise overlooked.
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Irishlad wrote:
So tell me,is the raptorial Reba reaping the revenue?
Posted 27 Mar 2009 at 6:12 pm ¶
Observer wrote:
So sad to see her sink this low. Now, If That Isn’t Love!
Posted 27 Mar 2009 at 10:31 pm ¶
SGFAN4LIFE wrote:
Dony and Reba Rambo McGuire rank tops with me right above other notable crooks like Leroy Jenkins, Robert Tilton. Was Reba adopted?
Posted 27 Mar 2009 at 10:54 pm ¶
SGS wrote:
I don’t understand all this verbal vomit aimed at Reba. Would you guys have been happier if they would have buried Dottie in Elvis’ jumpsuit? I mean, really why could you possibly care what Reba does with her Mom’s belongings? It is not like Elvis’ stuff is holy. Like it or not Reba was very much a part of the success the Rambo’s experienced and she donated her childhood and young adult years to that ministry. Of course, Dottie’s songs were the cornerstone - no one can deny her wonderful gift. You know for all the love you declare for Dottie - somehow I believe she would be saddened that you would display such hate towards her daughter. Only two people know the true relationship of Reba and Dottie, and one of them is dead. People give it a rest it is getting old and sad.
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 1:05 am ¶
Dexter wrote:
I still say it’s nobody’s business what they do with HER mother’s stuff…..but go ahead…stir the pot….it’s what you all love to do…how pathetic…..
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 1:49 am ¶
JulieBelle wrote:
Agree with SGS and Dexter…Reba can do what she wants with her mother’s belongings, and it’s really none of our business how much she makes off any of it.
How else is Reba supposed to pay off the debts from Dottie’s estate? (and they are hefty).
Would you rather her keep all that memorabilia as a shrine and go to jail for not paying it off? Yeah, you probably would love to see that.
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 6:29 am ¶
pk wrote:
Seriously what would you do with that stuff anyway? Put it in a museum? Hang it on your wall? I’d be selling it too, just to get rid of it. The important thing is the music, and since it’s already out there as an established testiment of Dottie’s relationship with Christ, all that other is just stuff.
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 7:47 am ¶
Rick wrote:
Re: #s 4-7: Amen. Reba lost her Mom, on Mother’s Day of all days. Unless you have personal knowledge of all of this, maybe you should just let it rest. Of course, that wouldn’t be nearly as fun now, would it? Even if you do have intimate info, maybe you should keep quiet anyway. As Mark Twain said, “Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 3:39 pm ¶
Terry wrote:
I thought larry Ferguson inheirted the entire ministry….
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 4:13 pm ¶
Norm Graham wrote:
New York Post had an article on this with quotes from Reba:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03162009/news/regionalnews/elvis_duds_to_fetch_hunka__hunka_dough_159751.htm
What surprised me was that Elvis planned to do an album of Dottie’s songs. Reba says she has the contract and won’t be selling it.
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 4:14 pm ¶
DMP wrote:
Anything Elvis seems to have a certain magnetism for people. I spent some time last week with a southern gospel legend, and he spoke about Elvis and his time working with him so frequently I was staring to think he was still alive. I think it is just the Elvis factor that has raised eyebrows. Nobody cares if she sells Reba’s car…
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 8:23 pm ¶
notsofast wrote:
to “Rick” -#8. while it is true that Dottie died on Mother’s Day it was not likely that Dottie would have heard from them that day anyway. She had not heard from them on previous Mothers Days, nor birthdays, nor Christmas. Dottie had a new adopted family that loved her and took care of her when her own turned their backs. There is a history that not many know about, so don’t try to paint Reba up as some saint- she aint.
Posted 28 Mar 2009 at 9:08 pm ¶
Norm Graham wrote:
to #12: If Dottie was so estranged from her family then why, in her will, did she leave all her valuable possessions, including the gifts from Elvis, to Reba?
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 12:16 am ¶
Pentecostalgrandma wrote:
Juliebelle how do you know what the debts were? I knew Dottie, Larry and Chris personally and Dottie didn’t leave Reba in her will at all. Dottie told me she left everything to her two grandchildren and her ministry to Larry Furgason. Reba’s children who still live at home filed to have their mom Reba be executor. After all has anyone even seen Dottie and Reba together in the last decade or so? I won’t reveal any intimate detail of what Dottie expressed to me in phone conversations but from stage and television we all have heard how her family dropped her in a hole. As a matter of fact she refused to go to their church because she said it would hurt her name. Has anyone heard how Chris and Larry are doing?
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 5:31 pm ¶
Dottiefriend wrote:
@#12 — Very true. I had many many late night phone conversations with Dottie in which she was crying her eyes out over how her family had turned their backs on her. [edit]
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 5:59 pm ¶
df1 wrote:
She didn’t leave ANY of her possessions to Reba!!!!! Her will specified that Larry have R.E.A. and that her grandchildren be the beneficiaries of her royalties and her estate. Check it out!
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 6:03 pm ¶
Norm Graham wrote:
I’m confused. The Post article said Reba owned the Elvis suit which Elvis gave to Dottie. Reba seemed to also own other Elvis material which had once belonged to her mother. If all this valuable stuff was left to someone else, how come Reba gets to sell it for a fortune.
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 7:42 pm ¶
Larry Ferguson wrote:
Hi. Doug, the webmaster of averyfineline.com asked me if I would make a comment and clear up any misunderstandings.
Dottie left her personal estate to her grandchildren Destiny and Israel. She left her ministry, The Rambo Evangelistic Association to me. She made this will about 4 years before she passed. At this time we are still having legal issues that need to be resolved in order for Dottie’s wishes to be carried out and the ministry to be handled as Dottie desired.
As far as the Elvis suit and all Dottie’s belongings that was all left to her grandchildren. So I would hope that they would be the one who wreap the benefit of the auction but really that is none of my business.
I pray for everyone involved and I hope that I have cleared up everything that Doug wanted me to. I’m only addressing this as Doug asked me to.
I think everyone who actually knew me or knew Dottie knew how much my family loved her and she us. And no matter what her relationship with any other family members that she may or may not have made public, she loved her grandchildren very deeply.
Please continue to pray for me and my family. I’m still healing up and have more surgeries ahead. But Thank God from bringing me from where I was to where I am. I also ask that you continue to pray for Chris who worked with Dottie as well.
God is good, and I just pray that his will be done. If not, then nothing anyone does will ever be blessed.
All my best,
Larry
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 8:27 pm ¶
Daniel wrote:
Norm—Reba only owned it because she is the executor of the estate—another thing Dottie didn’t want but the court let happen anyway.
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 8:45 pm ¶
Norm Graham wrote:
Thanks Daniel. Does this mean Reba does not get to keep any of the money from the Elvis sale but has to turn it over to the beneficiaries named in the will?
Posted 29 Mar 2009 at 11:07 pm ¶
rr wrote:
Elvis used to freely give silver dollars to folks. A member of his entourage once gave me one. Wonder how much it is worth?
Posted 30 Mar 2009 at 10:50 am ¶
wackythinker wrote:
Norm — Usually, the executor has the option of spending the proceeds from any such sale for the benefit of minor beneficiaries. So, if she wants to buy a new house for them to live in, or a new car for them to ride in, she can do that. If she wants to take her kids on a European vacation, she can do that. Or if she wants to say her kids sent HER on a European vacation, she can do that.
Generally, any money that’s still there when the kids reach the age of majority goes to the kids.
Now, this probably only pertains to the portion that is supposed to go to her kids. I’d be surprised if any judge would allow her to control Larry’s or any other adult’s inheritance, if that is in fact the situation.
Posted 30 Mar 2009 at 3:39 pm ¶
Southern Comfort wrote:
Is 21 considered “Majority?” I think both the grandchildren are over 21.
Posted 30 Mar 2009 at 10:39 pm ¶
LW wrote:
Amen #4! Enough said!
Posted 02 Apr 2009 at 3:23 pm ¶
Kitten wrote:
Oh Puke!
Posted 03 Apr 2009 at 1:52 pm ¶
Reginald wrote:
I loved the Rambo’s since I bought my first recording in 1973. Buck, Dottie, and Reba, were all a team. Buck, I am told had an affair, married the office manager (still married today), of every recording that Dottie did for the last years of her life, she made no mention of Reba in her credits. I was also told they lived within 15 minutes of Dottie and never spent holidays with dear Dottie. I don’t know about all of this, I just hate to see Reba drag her Mother’s estate through the mud. Dottie was the greatest songwriter/singer we have ever known. I had the opportunity to meet her about 7 times, and my picture made with her at least 4 times, I would not take anything for them. May God’s will be done.
Posted 20 Apr 2009 at 1:52 am ¶
Lee wrote:
I know firsthand that Dottie’s Grandchildren CHOSE to sell the jumpsuit to pay off their grandmother’s mounting debts. Reba was the only one who could authenticate that the jumpsuit belonged to Elvis because she was there when it was given to Dottie. That’s why she wrote the letter. We should not be so quick to judge!
Posted 26 Aug 2010 at 2:15 pm ¶
diane wrote:
I need to find a collector to sell my elvis collectibles to thanks
Posted 01 Dec 2010 at 9:30 pm ¶