You can file this under “weird news of the day” if you’d like.
It’s not like John Lennon actively worked on growing out this lock. This isn’t something creative that Lennon put thought into. Auctioning off hair from a haircut is basically the equivalent of someone trying to sell a tissue that Marilyn Monroe used. It’s borderline disturbing.
The “substantial lock” of hair in question is from a haircut on the set of How I Won the War, a film in which the former Beatle appeared. It was 1966, and Lennon’s hair was quite shaggy. The film took place in 1940’s wartime, so he needed a bit of a trim.
Along with the lock of hair, whoever wins this bid will get a Lennon-autographed call sheet from that particular day of shooting, original newspaper clippings that include photos of the haircut taking place and a ton of paperwork that says that this is legitimately Lennon’s hair.
Next up for auction: a leftover coffee cup that has remnant’s of Amy Winehouse’s lipstick. Just kidding.