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The auctioneer said the hair was given by Beethoven to contemporary Anton Halm as a gift for Halm's wife. Beethoven reportedly gave the lock of hair to Halm personally after declaring that a lock of hair Halm had procured from a third party was actually from a goat.
Sotheby's said the hair headed to auction is "indisputably human" and comes with a silk thread and a 19th century glazed oval frame.