LOT OF 6
Elvis Presley original lithographs taken my Mr. Ed Bonja during Elvis’ concert Vegas/tours 1972, 1973 and 1975.
Each lithograph measures 14 x 20 inches and all are in near mint condition.
They will be shipped
rolled in a tube.
ED BONJA/BIO
When Elvis and the Colonel made the decision to start doing
live concert tours again in 1970, the Colonel asked Ed, his brother, Ron, and a
couple cousins to come along on the tours and “help out” in any way needed to
assure the tours ran smoothly – from loading and unloading equipment from
trucks and planes, to selling Elvis Souvenirs at the concerts. The Colonel knew that Ed had just begun
studying photography, and he suggested that Ed bring
his camera on that first tour in September of 1970 and feel free to take all
the pictures he wanted. Ed did bring
his camera on that tour, and that was the start of his taking several thousand
photographs of Elvis Presley over the next five years. Ed would take off from school for a couple
weeks for a tour, then return to his studies.
After completing his college post-graduate work in 1971, Ed
went to work on a full-time basis as an assistant to the Colonel and as the
Elvis Presley Show Tour Manager and Photographer until April of 1977. During the 1970’s, Ed’s photographs were used
for all the souvenir books, posters, buttons and publicity shots that were seen
and sold at Elvis Concerts and Las Vegas/Lake Tahoe Engagements. Ed’s first record album cover was ELVIS As Recorded Live at Madison Square
Garden, released in June of 1972.
His photos appear on the covers of dozens of Elvis’ LP Albums, Single
Sleeves and CD’s. Ed’s collection of
thousands of Elvis photos includes a large number of unpublished works. In the booklet with the 1970’s Box Set (THE ESSENTIAL 70’S MASTERS) RCA/BMG used twenty-six of Ed’s
photographs; and four of the five cover shots used for the individual CDs for
that set were also Ed’s work. The remake
of Elvis’ MOODY BLUE CD by RCA/BMG
features seven of Ed’s photographs.
Please see scans.
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