Elvis Presley's Personally Owned 15K/14K Gold Claw Pendant Necklace Given to Sammy Davis Jr. W/(2) Letters of Provenance - This gold claw pendant with EP initials and gold lion at the tip was personally owned by Elvis Presley, who later gave the piece to fellow entertainer and friend Sammy Davis Jr. The pendant features a 15 carat yellow, rose and green gold frame around the claw, decorated with Elvis' initials and a miniature lion sculpture, and hangs on a 14k yellow gold rope chain. The necklace comes with a letter of provenance from Sammy Davis Jr's wife, Altovise Davis, stating that the piece was given to her husband by Elvis Presley in the early 1970s. The piece also includes a second letter of provenance from a collector who states that they met Mrs. Davis in Los Angeles in 1991 when she was at the Butterfield and Butterfield auction trying to persuade people not to buy the items that were taken from her husband by the IRS. According to the letter, "'I gave her my information and we later communicated and I made several deals with her obtaining original items of Sammy Davis Jr. and original items of Elvis Presley that were gifted to Sammy Davis Jr. and his wife Altovise Davis." Measurements: pendant-2" length, chain-19" length. (WEIGHT: 20.9 grams)