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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Morrissey's prime cuts

How much is Morrissey's hair worth? The Smiths singer went to a barber's shop in Dallas last week – and was spotted scooping up his hair trimmings and taking them away. It's not as strange as it sounds – there's clearly a market for pop star locks:

$1m: asking price for Britney Spears's hair after it was shorn off in 2007 (eBay deleted the listing)

$115,120: amount paid for a jar of locks of Elvis's hair in 2002

£24,000: winning bid in 2007 for a signed book containing some of John Lennon's hair

$40,668: amount raised by Justin Bieber's hair in a charity auction this year.

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