The Beatles are easily one of the most influential bands of all-time, if not the most influential band of all-time. While all the members of the band are quite famous, the late John Lennon is still revered as one of the bands leading members who produced some of their best work. Now Beatles memorabilia can often fetch for incredible sums of money, and that even includes some very strange “memorabilia” as well. For example, a lock of John Lennon’s hair was recently sold at auction to the tune of some $35,000 dollars.
The hair was featured within a Heritage Auctions event titled “Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature Auction” which took place in Dallas on February 20th. The event had a range of prized memorabilia, including many from The Beatles. Among them included a signed picture of the band that sold for $42,500, an autographed John Lennon picture that realized $2,125 dollars, and a rare copy of the album Yesterday and Today that sold for $125,000 dollars. However the strangest thing to be sold was Mr. Lennon’s hair.
The hair is around 50-years old and it was recovered from when John Lennon was getting his haircut for the filming of How I Won the War, a comedy by Richard Lester. That film marked the first occasion where John Lennon wore his iconic round glasses. The lock of hair was taken from the dressing room and was kept in great condition over the years.
It’s an extremely bizarre and arguably gross thing to auction off, however since it’s John Lennon’s hair, naturally many people were interested. The hair was also delivered with a signed call sheet, both of which were recovered from his hairdresser, Klaus Baruck. The lot finally sold for $35,000 dollars after a fierce bidding war, which is absolutely crazy as it is “just” hair after all. However I suppose given John Lennon’s fame, this was just a small price that one fan was willing to pay for a piece of history.
Photos from Official Facebook Page for John Lennon/Bob Gruen, Heritage Auctions
