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George Washington’s Hair Up For Auction

Jon Brown
George Washington’s Hair Up For Auction
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A lock of former President George Washington’s hair is up for auction with a starting bid of $1,000.

Leland’s Auctions claims the historic hair is “well-documented” to have been authentic and was removed from Washington’s head in 1799, the year he died at Mount Vernon.

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