Elvis Presley Hair Clump Sells For $15,000

CHICAGO — A clump of hair believed to have been trimmed from Elvis Presley's head when he joined the Army in 1958 has sold for $15,000 at a Chicago auction house.

Also among the 200 Elvis-related items up for grabs at the Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago on Sunday was a shirt that once belonged to the King which sold for $52,000.

The buyer of the hair paid $15,000 plus an additional $3,300 in auction house fees.

Other items on offer included scarves, photos from the reception of Presley's 1967 wedding to Priscilla, Christmas cards he sent and lots of records. Elvis dolls and Elvis Pez dispensers numbered among the memorabilia.

All the items had belonged to the late Gary Pepper, who ran a fan club and was a friend. Pepper, who had cerebral palsy, died in 1980.

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Information from: Chicago Tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com

Comments

[skybar]

08:34 AM on 10/20/2009

What's the big deal? It's just a hunka, hunka Elvis' hair.

[David Eisenbach]

01:04 AM on 10/20/2009

That's a bargain. According to this link, one strand of JFK's hair is selling for $500.

http://www­.ecrater.c­om/product­.php?pid=2­044368

[liarsclub75]

09:54 PM on 10/19/2009

So nasty! In the 70's, teenyboppe­r magazines used to have contests for fans to win locks of hair from teen idols like Donny Osmond.

[redhead61]

07:19 PM on 10/19/2009

Thats just ewwww.
It also looks like something the plumber pulled out of a clogged drain.

[jalowe1957]

06:46 PM on 10/19/2009

Better get a DNA test done on the hair to authentica­te that it's actually Elvis's.

Speaking of Elvis, given all this celebrity deificatio­n surroundin­g him, has anyone ever bothered to pay heed to the First of the Ten Commandmen­ts that states, "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me?"

[skybar]

02:49 PM on 10/20/2009

Could we clone Elvis from that hair?

[lillibelle]

05:51 PM on 10/19/2009

Wouldn't you love to know what they plan to do with these locks to earn a return on their $15,000 investment­? It's got to be more than just sleeping with it under the pillow. Maybe a mad scientist purchased it to extract the DNA and . . . ?

(A gag-worthy pic. No wonder there are so few comments.)

[LotusDoll]

04:57 PM on 10/19/2009

That's pathetic and sad.

[jl4141]

03:25 PM on 10/19/2009

1958? Wash the Vitalis out of it!

[kathy001]

02:13 PM on 10/19/2009

That's just icky.

[Conk]

09:42 AM on 10/19/2009

$15,000?!?­!? What an idiot. I would not have paid over $14,500 for those locks. I'm currently bidding on a tuft of Andy Warhols puubs.

[learntofly]

09:01 AM on 10/19/2009

Now that's creepy.

[Two Cents]

09:00 AM on 10/19/2009

Gross.