Elvis' Pill Bottle Popular At Celebrity Memorabilia Auction

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A prescription drug bottle once owned by Elvis Presley is getting a lot of attention in advance of a celebrity memorabilia auction in California.

The bottle, which until recently contained about a dozen assorted pills, is among 15 objects connected to Presley that will be part of Julien's Auctions Entertainment Sale in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday.

There's also the late entertainer's gold-plated pistol and his inscribed 1953 Memphis Humes High School yearbook.

But auction house president Darren Julien said the pill bottle is the biggest draw for its macabre connotations.

It's expected to fetch between $2,000-$4,000.

Years of heavy prescription drug use contributed to Presley's untimely death at the age of 42 in 1977 at his Graceland estate in Memphis.

The undated bottle was for the antihistamine and decongestant drug Naldecon, prescribed by George Nichopoulos, who was Presley's personal physician from 1970 until his death.