The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 44, October 28, 2007, Article 27

THE STRANGEST THINGS TURN UP IN AUCTION

Once in a while we mention other collectibles in the news, 
and one reader forwarded this item on an unusual lot in a 
recent Heritage sale:

"A lock of socialist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's 
hair and related items were auctioned on Thursday in Dallas 
to a Houston-area bookstore owner for the very capitalist 
sum of $119,500.

"The curious collection had belonged to Gustavo Villoldo, 
71, a former CIA operative who helped hunt Guevara down in 
the jungles of Bolivia in 1967 and who claims he cut off 
the lock before burying the guerrilla fighter with two 
of his comrades."

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[This item brings back memories of the interesting John J. 
Ford monologue I witnessed at Armand Champa's home during 
the 1988 "Invasion of Louisville" where a busload of numismatic 
bibliophiles, including Ford, descended upon Champa's Louisville 
home. Asked about what a particular item might be worth, 
Ford launched into a long discourse on supply and demand 
highlighted with a colorful description of the onetime auction 
sale of a jar containing the pickled private parts of Napoleon 
Bonaparte. 

How much am I bid for this unique item? Were any of our 
readers in the room to hear Ford's statements? And where's the 
jar today? -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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