John Lennon hair lock sold for $35,000

A lock of John Lennon’s hair has been auctioned for $35,000.

A German hairdresser kept a four-inch piece of the Beatle’s hair before the star began filming the 1967 movie, How I Won The War.

It was purchased by UK collector Paul Fraser at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas.

Heritage Auctions director Gary Shrum tells the BBC: “This is the largest lock of John Lennon’s hair ever offered at auction and this world record price is a lasting testament to the world’s more than 50-year love affair and fascination with Lennon and the Beatles.”

Other Beatles items sold at the auction include a signed head-and-shoulders ‘before shot’ portrait of Lennon, taken prior to the haircut, which sold for $2125. A photograph of the band signed by all of the Fab Four went for $42,500, while an unused ticket for the band’s first US concert in Washington DC in 1964 sold for $30,000.

The biggest seller was a rare sealed copy of the Liverpool outfit’s US LP Yesterday and Today, which went for $125,000.

Meanwhile, the Beatles Sessions Tour kicks off in Liverpool’s Echo Arena on March 30. The live show will see a cast of 45 recreate the Fab Four’s Abbey Road studio experience onstage.

THE SESSIONS UK TOUR

Mar 30: Liverpool, Echo Arena
Apr 01: London, Royal Albert Hall – SOLD OUT
Apr 06: Brighton, Centre
Apr 30: Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
May 04: - Nottingham, Capital FM Arena
May 06: Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
May 07: Glasgow, The SSE Hydro
May 08: Manchester, Arena
May 10: Aberdeen, Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC)
May 12: Leeds, First Direct Arena
May 13: Birmingham, Barclaycard Arena
May 14: London, The SSE Arena Wembley
May 15: London, The O2

Former TeamRock news desk member Christina joined our team in late 2015, and although her time working on online rock news was fairly brief, she made a huge impact by contributing close to 1500 stories. Christina also interviewed artists including Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and worked at the Download festival. In late 2016, Christina left rock journalism to pursue a career in current affairs. In 2021, she was named Local Weekly Feature Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.

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