Fans of Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley can feast their eyes on memorabilia of the two legendary singers at the Grand Hotel Excelsior until this evening.
Joe Delia, a self-confessed "fanatic" of Sir Cliff, with the help of Mario Morales, an avid collector, have put together an exhibition of about 1,000 memorabilia items, the most costly being a limited-edition, gold-plated record of Sir Cliff's 1981 album Wired For Sound, which cannot even be played.
The exhibition is considered to be "priceless", not only in financial terms.
Mr Delia is most attached to a pencil drawing of Sir Cliff by artist Philip Agius, which he plans to put up for auction at an upcoming charity event in the UK, which the singer should be attending, in aid of the Caron Keating Foundation. Mr Delia will be there too, together with his Maltese flag, and he plans to slip a "secret letter" to the singer, inviting him to visit Malta.
The exhibition includes several signed vinyl discs and videos, limited-edition records and picture discs, as well as perfumes and wines, produced by Sir Cliff, who is the focus of the display.
Among the Elvis Presley memorabilia, which has impressed members of his local fan club, is a signed photograph that is very hard to come by, as well as album picture discs, which are not common today, being unavailable on the market.
The undisputable King of Rock 'n' roll's rare, limited-edition picture plates, commemorative stamps and three gold-plated records, made when more than a million are sold, are also on display.
The extent of Mr Delia's "dedication" to Sir Cliff, whom he has been following since his debut in 1958, is evident in the fact that he recently watched one concert four times on two separate trips and extended a stay in London by six days to be around to queue up and buy tickets for another. He has already prepared the mug for Sir Cliff's Bold As Brass October concert, which he will be attending.
"I want to promote him more than he needs," Mr Delia said of the man, now 70, who always kept his feet on the ground, never touched drugs and has great respect for his fans.
His fondest recollection of the star was in October, 2008, when Sir Cliff, labelled as Peter Pan of Pop due to his young looks, followed an e-mailed request to tell the Maltese on BBC radio: "Inħobbkom ukoll" (I love you too).
But the craziest thing he ever did for Sir Cliff was to organise this joint exhibition, which he likes to think has never been done before by anyone, anywhere.