Snippet from the article:
A lock of hair cut from Napoleon Bonaparte’s head after he died has sold for US$13,000 at an auction in New Zealand.
Extra phone lines were installed for the sale to cope with an expected rush of international buyers seeking to snip up the hair cut from the head of former French Emperor a day after his death in 1821 while he was in exile on the island of St. Helena.
The circle of hair was part of a collection brought to New Zealand in 1864 by Denzil Ibbetson, a British commissary officer and artist.
Read the full article at Reuters — Lock of Napoleon’s hair sells for $13,000
I don’t remember a lock of hair being sold for so much before, but I guess this proves that there’s a market for everything.
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