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Mick Jagger's hair fetches £4,000 | Mick Jagger's hair fetches £4,000 |
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A lock of Mick Jagger's hair has been sold at auction for £4,000, double the price it was expected to fetch. | A lock of Mick Jagger's hair has been sold at auction for £4,000, double the price it was expected to fetch. |
The hair, in an envelope with the message 'Mick Jagger's hair after being washed and trimmed by Chris at Rose Hill Farm', was sold by Jagger's former girlfriend, Chrissie Shrimpton. | The hair, in an envelope with the message 'Mick Jagger's hair after being washed and trimmed by Chris at Rose Hill Farm', was sold by Jagger's former girlfriend, Chrissie Shrimpton. |
It was offered for sale to raise money for the Changing Faces charity. | |
Shrimpton met Jagger when he was a student at the London School of Economics. | Shrimpton met Jagger when he was a student at the London School of Economics. |
Jagger, who is due to turn 70 this month, will play with his band in Hyde Park on Saturday as part of the British Summer Time festival. | Jagger, who is due to turn 70 this month, will play with his band in Hyde Park on Saturday as part of the British Summer Time festival. |
The gig comes almost 44 years to the day since the Rolling Stones played a famous free concert in the central London park. | The gig comes almost 44 years to the day since the Rolling Stones played a famous free concert in the central London park. |
The performance was only two days after the death of the band's founder member Brian Jones, and marked the live debut of his replacement, guitarist Mick Taylor. | |
Other items offered at the auction at Bonhams on Wednesday included a guitar owned by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, which sold for £26,250, and a set of handwritten lyrics by David Bowie for his song, The Jean Genie, which fetched £18,750. | Other items offered at the auction at Bonhams on Wednesday included a guitar owned by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, which sold for £26,250, and a set of handwritten lyrics by David Bowie for his song, The Jean Genie, which fetched £18,750. |
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