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- The King can still rock the auction block!
- One of Elvis Presley’s most iconic jumpsuits sold for more than $1 million over the weekend. But something quite odd also went for big bucks.
- A jar of the King’s hair, with “extensive documentation” to prove it’s not faux fur, fetched $72,500, Kruse GWS Auctions said in a news release.
- “This collection of hair was saved from haircuts given to Elvis Presley by his personal barber, Homer Gilleland, over the years and represents the largest and most well-documented collection of Elvis’ hair in the world,” the auctioneer described the memorabilia, now someone’s newly acquired treasure.
- “This isn’t a lock of hair that you typically find, but is a massive, baseball-sized specimen which has not been offered for sale in nearly 20 years.”
- Grooming was apparently a big deal at this weekend’s auction, as the King’s Schick electric razor sold for $3,000.