Sotheby's to auction 'substantial' lock of Beethoven's hair

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British auction house Sotheby’s plans to sell what it says is a 'substantial' lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair that the German composer himself cut off and gave to a pianist friend in 1826. More here:

LONDON - British auction house Sotheby’s plans to sell on Tuesday what it says is a “substantial” lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair that the German composer himself cut off and gave to a pianist friend in 1826.

“And he then gave , in a piece of paper, a lock of hair that he had just himself cut from the back of his head, a substantial lock. And he said this one at least you can be sure is genuine,” Maguire said.

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