Love Marilyn Monroe? Yes. Love her enough to spend thousands on a lock of her hair? You might be on your own there. A company called Moments in Time is currently selling 35 strands of Marilyn Monroe’s hair for the price of £12,800.
The lock of hair is estimated to be 60 years old and was put together by one of Monroe's hairdressers - a man named Kenneth Battelle, who passed away in 2013.
Battelle was Monroe's hairdresser between 1958 and 1962 - the period in which she filmed Some Like it Hot and The Misfits. Known for her iconic blonde hair, which was dyed in a shade she called "dirty pillow slip", Battelle hung onto some of Monroe's hair as a keepsake.
Moments in Time founder Gary Zimet told Insider that the lock is made up of “approximately 35 strands of Monroe’s hair” and that according to Battelle's card, it’s dated 14th June 1959.
Zimet revealed that Battelle - who also did Julie Garland and Jackie Kennedy's hair - apparently stockpiled Monroe's hair and “had several pieces made as gifts for his closest friends”.
