Barcelona Beatle buy: Harrison hair
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MADRID, Spain (Reuters) -- "Can't buy me love" sang the Beatles, but 1,400 euros ($1,550) was enough to land a Barcelona hairdresser a lock of hair snipped from George Harrison in 1964.
"It went to a hairdresser from Barcelona called Rafael Pages, who also has a hairdressing museum," said Jordi Tarda, an organiser of Sunday's auction of pop memorabilia at an annual record fair in the north-eastern Spanish town of Girona.
Tarda said photos capturing the moment the hair was lopped from Harrison in Liverpool and an accompanying note signed by the Beatle -- who died in 2001 -- verifying it was his own, meant there were no doubts about its roots.
Harrison's hair raised the highest price at the auction which also included a pair of limited edition Michael Jackson shoes and a ticket for the premiere of the musical "Tommy."
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