Lock of Che Guevara’s Hair up for Auction. Hugo Chavez Possible Buyer. Yes, Really…

Posted on October 25, 2007

You too can own a lock of the world’s first metro-sexual socialist icon’s hair. Think of the possibilities…

A strand of revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s hair and related items are being auctioned on Thursday in Dallas in a sale that is rumored to have caught the eye of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

The collection belongs to Gustavo Villoldo, 71, a former CIA operative who helped hunt Che down in the jungles of Bolivia in 1967 and who claims he cut off the lock before burying the guerrilla fighter with two of his comrades.

"We shipped a catalogue overnight detailing the items to a very interested Venezuelan buyer," said Kelley Norwine, vice president of marketing for Heritage Auction Galleries, which is auctioning the mementos.

The auction house will not say if the interested party represented the government but news of a "mystery buyer" has fueled media speculation that it could be the leftist Chavez, an admirer of Che.

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