Word: memorabilia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Your article on Elvis Presley Enterprises and the licensing of Elvis memorabilia [BUSINESS, Aug. 4] had me howling over E.P.E. president Priscilla Presley's astute insight into how Americans value their dead icons. And your review of riches generated since the King's death reminded me of an Elvis-impersonators convention in Las Vegas. Some 20,000 would-be Elvises attended the gathering in 1977, a 5000% increase over 1975. Had the impersonator trend continued geometrically through 1997, there might now be full national employment due to the tens of millions of Elvis wannabes. Just think, Priscilla Presley could displace...
...Pamela Harriman's very worldly possessions last week provided a snapshot of the market for celebrity relics. Here are a few of the objects and the amount they earned, arranged in order of how much the sale price exceeded or fell below the estimate. Age apparently has its perquisites: memorabilia linked to World War II--era personalities outperformed those from more contemporary figures, although the Camelot cachet was still impressive...
...notion of a socialist society now denounce it as merely another imperialist ideology propagated by dead white guys. It seems like Sovietism has been permanently relegated to being a invaluable subject of academic research and a provider of military medals, fur hats and other stylishly hip cold war memorabilia. Gone are the missiles, air-raid drills, and fallout shelters. And Tom Clancy's early books can be safely relocated to the "historical novel" shelves of libraries nationwide. So why are we still so scared...
Powell (a board member of the United Negro College Fund, Howard University, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.) is actually Powell Inc., which he runs from his house in McLean, Virginia, and a boxy little office nearby that's decorated with Army memorabilia, a print of Teddy Roosevelt charging San Juan Hill and a collection of gimme coffee mugs. His day job is to give speeches for big fees, but he is spending 30% of his time now on the summit and expects that to grow...
Last week, the Presidential Inaugural Committee began hawking official souvenirs on the QVC-TV shopping network. But back in September, Brian Harlin, owner of a Washington memorabilia shop, had started selling his Inaugural trinkets to the public. The committee fired off a "cease-and-desist" letter. Harlin scooped it by applying for a trademark for the Inaugural seal seven weeks before the Clintonites did. Approval is pending for both sides. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office says that although the trademark has not been maintained, use determines rights. Hence, lack of a trademark registration does not preclude protection. So which...