A LOCK OF NAPOLEON'S HAIR
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A LOCK OF NAPOLEON'S HAIR A small lock of hair from the head of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte approximately five strands each about one-half inch long encased in a small protective sleeve taped to a letter of provenance. The letter bears an auction catalog listing pasted thereon from a sale once held by distinguished autograph dealer and authenticator CHARLES HAMILTON (1914-1996). The description reads in part: ""Copious lock of the hair of the French emperor...[with] a small sheet on which is written (circa late 1800's) 'Lock of Hair and Ivory carved box - Napoleon 1st - given to his physician Barry O'Meara'...then tracing the item through O'Meara's neice to the Wayland family. Also with a newspaper clipping 1964 about the hair and box..."". Beneath the catalog description Hamilton adds his original typed statement: ""I certify that I personally removed the above strands from a lock of fully authenticated hair of Napoleon I..."". Boldly signed by Hamilton and dated: ""New York Jan. 8 1980"". Charles Hamilton re-popularized the collecting of locks of hair of famous personages. A lock of Napoleon's hair recently sold for over $13 000.
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A LOCK OF NAPOLEON'S HAIR
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