Beethoven’s hair bid to £28,000 at Sotheby’s

A lock of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair that was “evidently given” by the great composer to the pianist Anton Halm in 1826 was knocked down at £28,000 at a Sotheby’s auction in London last week.

Described in the catalogue as “a substantial lock of the composer's grey and dark brown hair”, it wa…

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