Elvis hair for sale

This is in todays Sun newspaper (sorry there was photo's but it wouldn't let me copy them). Do you think it is genuine, as I was always led to believe their distroyed the hair as soon as it was cut.

Legendary Elvis is a lock-y guy

THE King of Pop lives on not only in his music and host of impersonators - but through his hair.

A lock of ELVIS PRESLEY's famous barnet is up for grabs in an auction for one of us mere mortals to own.

The hair, snipped off in 1958 when he joined the Army, will go to the highest bidder on October 18 as part of an Elvis memorabilia collection in Chicago.


It is believed the prize will reach $12,000 (£7,500).


And they say there's a recession going on...

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/2673927/Elvis-Presleys-hair-will-be-auctioned-off-for-estimated-12k.html#ixzz0TXKmdzKS

Elvis hair is dyed....you know what color hair would change after 50 years? It would turn red-ish color.

I thought it would have dried out as well. The picture makes it look like it was cut yesturday. Never thought about the reaction colour hair would have after so long (not ever dying my own blonde hair ). The newspaper it is in is not the best reliable paper for information.

I remember in 2002 an entire jar of Elvis' hair clippings which went up for sale. It was cut when he went into the Army and kept in this airtight jar for 51 years.

It sold for $100,105.

The hair had been saved by Homer "Gill" Gilleland, Elvis's personal barber for more than 20 years, and the keeper of many secrets, including the precise formula used to maintain a jet-black polish to Elvis's naturally sandy-blond locks.

It seems that shortly before his own death in 1995, Gilleland passed the bag to his friend, a Memphis municipal employee named Tom Morgan. Requiring funds for his retirement, Mr. Morgan decided to auction the hair as a single clump, together with letters of authentication from Mr. Morgan, Elvis expert John Heath, and forensic specialist John Reznikoff. "Short of a DNA test, any relic associated with a famous person requires somewhat of a leap of faith," said Reznikoff, though he also noted that the hair was an exact match with other strands of hair obtained as gifts either from Homer Gilleland, or from Elvis himself. After a spirited series of 32 bids, the electronic gavel finally came down at $100,105.