Geller loses bid to undo sale of Elvis' home

Spoon-bending London "psychic" Uri Geller and two partners lost their bid in federal court Tuesday to overturn the sale of Elvis Presley's former house on Audubon Drive in East Memphis.

Geller and his partners bid $905,100 for the house in an eBay auction in 2006, but the contract was not completed. Geller's group made changes to the contract, delaying the sale when they marked out a provision giving owners Cindy Hazen and Mike Freeman 60 days to move from the property.

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When negotiations for a closing date postponed the sale, Hazen and Freeman then decided to sell the house for $1 million to Nashville record producer Mike Curb, who then worked with Rhodes College to use the home as part of a new Mike Curb Music Institute.

Presley and his family lived in the ranch-style house for about a year. He was forced by throngs of fans to move to more secluded Graceland in 1957.

U.S. Dist. Judge Jon McCalla said the eBay auction was not a binding sale because eBay auctions specifically advertise themselves as vehicles "for sellers to advertise their real estate and meet potential buyers." Even if it were a contract, McCalla said Geller and his partners would have breached it when they altered the closing terms after the sale.

Hazen said, "I'm relieved that this is all over and, given that Uri and his partners were malicious, I am delighted that Mike Curb and Rhodes College own the property."


Source: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jun/18/geller-loses-bid-to-undo-sale-of-elvis-home/

Oooww, there was still a lot of autentic things in that house!!!
(Probebly still they way it was back then)

I see that there where 73 bids on it.

Wish I could say I was one of them but I wasnt. Imagine if you could own it though. I would never want to leave the house. Oooh that gives me an idea for another thread. Hehe! xx

If I had that kind of money then I would do what Uri did and try to buy it. But he is the one who now looses out because he was messing the buyer around. I bet he is very sorry he did this now. It looks like a great property to own and to know Elvis Presley once lived there would be a dream come true.

Shirley.

Sounds like justice was done.

I can`t abide bullys in any shape or form.

It saddens me that the guy who did buy the house from Mike Freeman decided
to dig up the original pool in the back.

There are some great photos of Elvis taken in it from '56.

I spoke with Mike Freeman about the Ebay bid by Geller in January and it seemed to me
that the guy who Mike sold it to instead of Geller, just offered more money.