It's not too late to run your hands through Elvis' hair

Elvis Presley's hair, at least a clump of hair that he may have lost to an Army barber when he went into the service in 1958, is going on the auction block Sunday at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago. The hair is part of a collection of more than 200 items that belonged to or are associated with Presley. There are clothes he wore, scarves he threw to screaming fans -- who judging by the yellow sweat stains, never washed them (above right) -- and Christmas cards he sent. All the items belonged to Gary Pepper, who was not only a president of a Presley fan club but a close friend of the King. Pepper died in 1980, three years after Presley, and left his collection to his nurse, who is putting the items up for auction, said Mary Williams, of the auction house. But it is clearly the hair that has generated the most buzz. Like a lot of the items in Pepper's collection, the hair was a gift from Presley to Pepper. Williams acknowledged no DNA test was done but the auction house took it to "somewhat of a hair authenticator" who compared it to his own sample of Presley's hair and concluded it was the real deal. Williams said the best estimate is that the hair is worth $8,000 to $12,000. But, she added, some of Presley's hair that had been collected by his barber sold several years ago for $115,000. AP