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Elvis Presley Hair Auctioned Off for $15,000

Filed under: Auctions

Nasty looking, isn't it? No offense to the King.

Item number 66 at Chicago auction house Leslie Hindman Auctioneers last Sunday was none other than "A Large Quantity of Elvis Presley's Hair." It went for $15,000 -- and Leslie Hindman told The Chicago Tribune she had expected it to go for a "bit more." The hair is allegedly from when Elvis had his locks shorn to enter the military in 1958.

That's some old hair.

Other items at the auction included Elvis Presley clothes, dolls, scarves and ladies' handkerchiefs which may contain some Elvis perspiration. The top seller was an "EP" monogrammed white cotton shirt which went to superfan John Urso for $52,000. "It's worth every penny," he told The Chicago Tribune.

The King of Rock and Roll may be dead (maybe), but his DNA still commands a pretty penny. Imagine if he were still alive -- he could support himself and several charities on haircuts and sweating on stuff alone.

[via Tonic]

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The $4.2 Million Tiara - For a Dog

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry

Watch in awe. That tiara is worth 4.2 million dollars. Average price for a good Maltese? $1,000 - $2,500 (according to Anna's Heavenly Maltese -- a site that astonishes, to say the least). Kanune, age 15, is a lucky dog!

The tiara was created by young Thai jewelry designer Riwin Jirapolsek, who reportedly used jewels from his mother's jewelry collection to make the very special crown. The tiara is made of titanium, and encrusted with 250 carats of emeralds and diamonds.

Jirapolsek told Reuters: "I will make a hair clip next time because my dog has to wear clips everyday otherwise its fur will block its view."

I'm all for loving your dog, but I sure hope his family also threw at least $4.2 million to charity this year.

Riwin Jirapolsek has no plans to sell the tiara, but I bet the dog has.

[via Luxury Launches]

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Charlie Krafft and Maiden Noir

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Jewelry, Events, Art

Browsing last week at (capsule), a PR event that takes place in New York, Paris, and Las Vegas and promotes hot designers, I spotted this unusual necklace with the Maiden Noir clothing. Next to it was a set of ceramic shotgun shells. I asked the Seattle-based reps what on earth was going on.

"Is that a tooth?" I asked.

"It's a tooth," they said. I was intrigued. Apparently, for the last few years, Maiden Noir has been collaborating with ceramics artist Charlie Krafft once per year to create an artwork/piece of fine jewelry. I breathed a sigh of relief. It's a ceramic tooth. Krafft felt it should be worn like a badge of honor, like you survived a bar fight.

(with a small dinosaur ... the tooth was around two inches long)

You can see more of Charles Krafft's artwork here at the DiRT Gallery, or contact the hot clothiers Maiden Noir if you are interested in purchasing a tooth.

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The Most Expensive (but Healthiest) Sleeping Bag Ever

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services, Spas

It might look scary (like a body bag that was too short for the victim) but this tinfoil-like sleeping bag has a lot going on that you might want to try. It's part of the Oxygen Detox System from 02 Planet, which claims to relax you, increase energy, and slow the signs of aging by detoxing and oxygenating your body. The system provides a steam sauna, water jets for massage, oxygen misting therapy, and this infrared sauna blanket. Gotta have the incredible O2 Planet Oxygen Detox System? Lucky you, it's on sale right now for just $4,595.

Via Gizmodo

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Dino Diamonds

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry

Maybe wearing a live cockroach isn't your thing. If you are looking for a bit of the bizarre without the whole creepy-crawly factor you might want to check out Dino Diamonds. The California-based business sells slices of 150-million-year-old dung. Yep, dung. Dino Diamonds turns fossilized dinosaur dung into jewelry, paperweights and other beautiful items. The dung contains bits of seed pods, insects and teeth. The fossilized dung, also knows and coprolite, comes from private land in the Morrison Formation which runs from Montana through Nevada. prices vary from $20 for a slice to $120 for a necklace. There are a bunch of celeb pics on their site featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt and David Duchovny modeling the necklaces.

[via Whittier Daily News]

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