A lock of David Bowie's hair has sold at auction for over $18,000.

The keepsake was owned by Wendy Farrier, who snagged the lock in 1983 when Bowie posed for his wax statue at Madame Tussauds in London.

Farrier was using the hair to construct the wig for the statue.

Margaret Barrett of Heritage Auctions in Los Angeles said they "have sold a lot of celebrity hair in the past, but never any of David Bowie's."


"This is pretty unique. It is difficult to predict how much it will go for, but we recently sold some of John Lennon's hair, which was snipped from his head by his barber, for a huge sum," she added.