A clump of Elvis Presley's hair
sold for $15,000 at auction. The hair is believed to have been cut from Elvis' head in 1958 when he joined the Army.
There were other Elvis memorabilia at the Chicago auction, including a shirt which sold for $52,000, photos, scarves, dolls and Elvis Pez dispensers.
No one knows if the hair is authentic. But you just know that some day some idiot will try to clone Elvis. If they end up with a tone-deaf plumber from New Jersey, well, we'll know it was a fake.
A Chicago auction house is putting a clump of what it claims is Elvis Presley's hair up for auction. The auction listing for the hair from Leslie Hindman Auctioneers can be found here. John Reznikoff, an expert in celebrity hair authentication, said, "the hair appears to match the hair in my collection [from same U.S. Army haircut] in coarseness and color . . . this is more than likely a genuine lock of Elvis' hair short of a DNA test (often inconclusive) proving otherwise."
The value of the hair is said to be between $8,000 and $12,000. Celebrity hair has been used to make diamonds in the past. You can see a diamond created from Beethoven's hair here.
The Elvis hair clump with be auctioned with other Elvis memorabilia on Sunday, October 18th.
