Dec 12, 2007 10:15 am US/Central
Lock Of John Lennon's Hair Sells For $48,000
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Imagine that. A lock of John Lennon's hair sold for $48,000 Wednesday in an auction of Beatles' memorabilia collected by the band's hairdresser. (File)
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Imagine that. A lock of John Lennon's hair sold for $48,000 Wednesday in an
auction of Beatles' memorabilia collected by the band's hairdresser.
The hair - inside an autographed copy of Lennon's book "A Spaniard in
the Works" - sold to an unnamed telephone bidder.
Gorringes auction house had estimated the hair would sell for $4,000 to
$6,000.
Lennon gave the book and the lock of hair to Betty Glasow, the Fab Four's
hairdresser during their heyday. He wrote in the book, "To Betty, Lots of
Love and Hair, John Lennon xx."
"It is astonishing that there is still so much interest in the Beatles
and the sale goes to prove that John Lennon is still an icon," said
Francesca Collin, a spokeswoman for Gorringes.
"To have some of Lennon's hair along with a signed note from him really
does give it fantastic provenance and authenticity," Collin said.
Glasow, who kept the Beatles' moptops trimmed on the set of their films
"A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" in the 1960s, decided to
sell the items because she wanted fans to have them, said Nick Muston, a
director of the auction house.
"She feels that rather than these things being stuck in a drawer with
nobody enjoying them, real enthusiasts (could) get their hands on these
things," Muston said.
Other items sold at the auction in Worthing included signed photographs of
the band dedicated to Glasow, including one that George Harrison signed
"George "Dandruff" Harrison."
It sold for $13,000.
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