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In 1988, a Gloucestershire bookseller paid £5575 for a lock of Lord Nelson’s hair.

One of Sir Isaac Newton’s teeth was sold for £730 in 1816. It was bought by a nobleman who had it set in a ring.

The red slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz fetched £90,000 at auction in 1988.

A bottle of 50-year-old Glenfiddich whisky was sold to an Italian businessman for £45,200.

The loin-cloth which Charlton Heston wore in the movie Ben Hur fetched £6250 in 1997.

In 1993, a two-tone, mint condition Dinky toy Foden tanker, purchased in the 1950s, was sold to a Californian for £4830.

A yo-yo signed by President Nixon fetched $16,029 at auction.

A 1965 letter written by John Lennon to this then wife Cynthia was sold for £17,250 in 1997.

A Stiff teddy bear was sold for £110,000 to a Japanese businessman in 1994.

A four inch long lock of Beethoven’s hair was sold for £4000 in 1994.

The marriage certificate of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller was sold for £7500.