Bob Marley’s Dreadlock Estimated to Sell at Auction for Over $30K
The 1.5-inch strand of hair traces back to a Top of the Pops appearance in 1978, when Marley took the stage with The Wailers to perform their single ‘Satisfy My Soul’.
The current owner of the lock recalled the moment, saying, “After Bob Marley finished singing, a friend and I stepped onto the platform where he had been performing. He was laughing, and I asked if I could take a piece of his hair. He kept nodding and chuckling, clearly amused, so I gently twisted a piece of his dreadlock off. He also gave me his autograph.”
The autograph alone is valued at around £4,000, while Bristol-based JC Auctions estimates the dreadlock could sell for between £20,000 and £25,000 when it goes up for auction on April 9. It marks the first time in over two decades that a Bob Marley dreadlock has been offered at auction, complete with a signed authentication.
Take a look at the dreadlock and autograph below, and set your bids here:
In other auction news, a Led Zeppelin guitar once given away by NME more than 50 years ago was initially expected to sell for £50,000. Jimmy Page had originally purchased the instrument in 1972 from a Nashville shop for just £200.
The guitar ultimately exceeded expectations, selling for £100,000.
Meanwhile, David Bowie’s handwritten lyric sheets were valued at £100,000 ahead of a 2023 auction. The pages included revisions, drafts, and notes for ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ and ‘Suffragette City,’ both featured on his landmark 1972 album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.’
The sheets were eventually sold for £89,000.
