A royal hairdresser cut off the monarch’s clump of hair from the young prince’s head in the early 1960s, selling it for a hefty four-figure sum.
A lock of King Charles’ hair is on sale for a hefty £8,000 sum. The clump of hair belonging to the was clipped from his head when he was a young prince in the early 1960s by royal hairdresser George Crisp.
The hair, which is being sold by Paul Fraser Collectibles, is described on the company’s website as “a unique artefact”, adding that “there is no more intimate piece of King Charles III memorabilia in existence”. The unique item is the first of its kind to go up for sale, and is listed on the website as “impossible to recreate”.
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Paul Fraser, the founder of Paul Fraser Collectibles, told the Mirror : “We acquired it at auction in 2017. We know of no other genuine lock of Charles’ hair – or even single strands – that have ever been offered for sale at auction before.” The “world’s largest seller of historical or celebrity hair” explained that they have sold rare and unusual items like this before.
According to Mr. Fraser, “Our most gruesome item was unquestionably the beard hair of another King Charles I, who was bald on the day of his execution in 1649.” Following the body’s exhumation in 1813, the hair was removed. Charles had a goatee of course, but almost all of his pictures show one in him. It sold for £15, 000″.
When asked who would be likely to purchase such a strange artefact, the auctioneer said: “Generally, two types of people purchase our hair: Fans, people who love a particular star, such as Daniel Radcliffe, Paul McCartney, Justin Bieber, and want to feel that personal connection to them.
Or people who are fascinated by history, including those who are shocked when they discover they can acquire a piece of a historical figure they have previously only read about in books. whether it’s Neil Armstrong, George Washington, George Washington, George Washington, or Charles Dickens.
The Charles collection, which features the lock of hair, also includes a personally written Christmas card to Mr Crisp, likely from the early to mid-1960s. The signature is described as “clear and handsome” and “so different from his adult signature”.
Although it is unknown whether Charles’s hair was cut, Paul Fraser Collectibles claims that the hairdresser’s scissors and comb were “almost certainly used.”
The brown plastic comb bears the maker’s mark of Kent of London (model 13T), according to Paul Fraser Collectibles’ online review. In the UK, Kent holds the Royal Warrant for hairbrushes. For $ 7, 995, Paul Fraser Collectibles’ online store, you can purchase a collection of items.
Charles’s grandfather, George VI, was the first to have his hair and beard cut by the late Mr. Crisp. After her father’s passing in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II kept him as a trusted member of the royal staff.
During the 1960s, he regularly made the short walk from Trumper’s in Mayfair, the noted barbershop where he worked, to Buckingham Palace to cut the young prince’s dark locks.
