Now more images of Elvis wearing this hat can be seen on Julien's auction website
Elvis' sailors hat, seen in the movie Girls! Girls! Girls! is being auctioned for the Music Rising Charity in New York on May 31st. Elvis often wore this hat off set too, which was how he lost it apparently, when you read the auction description below.
Also included are several Elvis documents and an Elvis scarf.
The lots can be viewed online and this well-known Elvis item and would be quite a catch for a collector, with it's price estimated at only $2,000 - $3,000.
DESCRIPTION:Item # 247 - Dorfman Pacific Company nautical hat, navy blue with gold thread patch, size X-Large. Accompanied by two black and white photographs showing Elvis in this hat. In 1962 Elvis visited Kalama, Washington on his way to Seattle to film "It Happened At the World's Fair" (MGM, 1963). Presley stayed at the Columbia Inn Restaurant and was photographed in this cap. When he left his hotel room this hat was left behind.
Posted: 27th. May 2008