Odd Celebrity Auctions : aforadio.com
Posted in E-News on 20. Feb, 2012
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Bizarre celebrity auctions
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The human hair wig worn by Michael Jackson during the London ‘This Is It’ press conference sold for $72,000 in 2011
Picture: Peter Brooker / Rex Features
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A bra worn by Marilyn Monroe sold for £3,200 in 2009. The 1950s lingerie reveals several bits of cunning space-age technology designed to enhance the legend’s natural attributes.
Picture: Rex Features
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A set of three X-rays of Marilyn Monroe’s chest, from a 1954 hospital visit, sold for $45,000 (£30,000) in June 2010
Picture: Julien’s Auctions / Rex Features
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In February 2007, the hair that Britney Spears shaved off was put up for sale on eBay for one million dollars. The salon in Tarzana, California, also included “the Omega clipper used to cut it all off and even the can of Red Bull she was drinking at the time”. But the lot was removed after eBay was inundated with fake Britney hair offerings.
Picture: Rex Features
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In December 2008, a tissue used by Scarlett Johansson on ‘The Tonight Show’ was sold on Ebay for $5,300 (£3,600). Proceeds from the sale went to USA Harvest, Scarlett Johansson’s charity of choice.
Picture: Rex Features
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A lock of author Charles Dickens’ hair was sold for £3,120 in 2005. The hair was auctioned with a note of authentication from his sister-in-law and housekeeper Georgina Hogarth. which read: “I certify this Lock of Hair to be that of my Brother-in-law Charles Dickens.”
Picture: Rex Features
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President John F. Kennedy hair clippings from barber to the stars Harry Gelbart sold for $3,000 in 2010
Picture: Peter Brooker / Rex Features
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John F Kennedy’s yellowed World War II Navy-issue boxer shorts with a label reading “Jack Kennedy” sewn into them sold for $5,000 in 2003
Picture: DEAN MICHAELS / Rex Features
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A lock of the hair reputedly belonging to Catherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six wives, sold for £2,160 in January 2008
Picture: Tony Kyriacou / Rex Features
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A collection of rock and roll memorabilia is up for auction including a mould of Elvis Presley’s teeth together with a crown made for the star by his dentist. The mould of his mouth is estimated to sell for up to £10,000.
Picture: Omega Auctions / Rex Features
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An upper right permanent canine tooth believed to have been extracted from the mouth of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1817 was sold for £11,000 at auction in Wiltshire in November 2005
Picture: Rex Features
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In July 2010 a partial set of false teeth made for Sir Winston Churchill sold at auction in Norfolk for £15,200
Picture: Albanpix Ltd / Rex Features
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A planned auction of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal belongings, including his glasses, in New York was called off after the sale caused an outcry in India
Picture: Rex Features
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Various pairs of John Lennon’s prescription glasses have gone up for sale over the years. A pair were believed to have fetched about £1 million in 2007.
Picture: Nils Jorgensen / Rex Features
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John Lennon’s tooth went up for auction in November 2011. The discoloured, decayed, molar sold for more than $31,000. John gave his tooth to Dorothy (Dot) Jarlett during her employment as housekeeper at his Kenwood home in Weybridge, Surrey.
Picture: Omega Auctions / Rex Features
