On Sale: The King’s Hair

Single strands of Elvis’s hair have sold for as much as $100 and an auction house expects a clump to fetch $100,000

When great artistes die, their memories live on even if they are in the form of scarves which have sweat stains on them. Or 50-year-old hair. Leslie Hindman, an auction house in Chicago, is putting under the hammer memorabilia of Elvis Presley collected by a fan, Gary Pepper. Elvis’s head was shaved after he was drafted into the US army in 1957. The King simply gave it away to Pepper, president of the National Elvis Fan Club and also a friend. For those interested enough in getting their hands on the hair, it will not come cheap. Single strands have sold for as much as $100 and the auction house expects the clump to fetch $100,000. In Indian money, that is about Rs 46 lakh. It might not be a bad gamble to get some of Amitabh Bachchan’s hair now, would it?

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