#743 • Dick Grob's Personally Owned Civil War Drum

Part of Artifacts of Hollywood & Music (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $8,500-$10,000 Dick Grob's (Worked for Elvis) Personally Owned Civil War Drum Passed Down as Family Heirloom W/Notarized Affidavit - This genuine Civil War era drum was personally owned by Memphis Mafia member, Dick Grob. Dick Grob first met Elvis Presley in 1967 in Palm Springs, where Elvis and Priscilla were spending their honeymoon and Grob was working as a police officer. Grob was assigned to provide personal protection to Elvis and the pair started a friendship that would last over ten years. Elvis eventually made Dick 'an offer he could not refuse' as his full time personal bodyguard and eventually Chief of Security, and in this capacity Grob facilitated security for all of Elvis' concert tours, appearances, and vacations to locations like Vail, Colorado and Hawaii. This drum was passed down to Dick Grob as a family heirloom, and, according to the notarized affidavit signed by Grob, was used by his great aunt's husband as he had been a drummer boy for the confederate forces from Kentucky where he lived as a young boy. According to the affidavit, "there has been no attempt to restore or change anything on the drum." The drum will come with a strap and drum sticks along with the original affidavit. Measurements: 15.75"H x 16.75" diameter.