A lock of John Lennon's hair that was snipped as he prepared for a film role has sold for $35,000 at auction

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said Saturday that the 4-inch lock of hair was purchased by Paul Fraser, a United Kingdom-based memorabilia collector.

A German hairdresser kept a tuft of Lennon's hair after giving him a trim before the Beatle started filming 'How I Won the War,' a dark comedy released in 1967.

The movie follows the World War II misadventures of British troops led by an inept commander.

The hair was one of several Beatles-related items on auction.

A photograph of the iconic band signed by all four members went for $42,500.

And a sealed copy of the band's 'butcher' cover for the 'Yesterday and Today' album went for $125,000.

Weird as it may seem to some, selling famous people's hair is a lucrative business.

Also on sale on Paul Fraser's site is a strand of Marilyn Monroe's hair, on sale for £399.00, while Beliebers can get their hands on a strand of the singer's locks for the same price.

Elizabeth Taylor and Geronimo -  the prominent Native American leader - also have locks for sale.

In the lead up to the Lennon sale, the Heritage Auctions commented: 'To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest lock of Lennon's hair ever sold at auction.

'It can be dated to a specific time and location and has been in the collection of the original owner for all these nearly 50 years.

'This haircut took place just a month after the release of the legendary Revolver album.'

 While this may be so, a lock of Lennon's hair sold for $48,000 back in 2007 to an unknown bidder.

The hair was inside a book given to hairdresser Betty Glasgow and inscribed with the message: 'To Betty, lots of love and Hair, John Lennon,xx' 

Memorabilia associated with John Lennon has been performing well at auction of late, according to Paul Fraser site.

Last year a Gibson acoustic guitar used to write some of the Beatles' biggest hits sold for $2.4m.

The lot led a sale at Julien's Auctions in LA, with the final total far exceeding the estimate by an increase of 200%.

The guitar is significant because Lennon used it to write some of the band's earliest songs, which include Please Please Me and I Want To Hold Your Hand.

But was stolen after a Christmas concert in 1963 and has only recently resurfaced.

Beatles instrument expert Andy Babiuk told Paul Fraser at the time of the bid: 'It is one of the most important of all Lennon's Beatles guitars, as he used this J-160E to write some of The Beatles' biggest hits, and played the guitar on countless live performances and on many Beatle recordings.

'It is without a doubt one of the most historically important guitars to ever come up for auction.'

It smashed the previous record for the highest grossing guitar to sell at auction, which was Bob Dylan's 1965 Newport Stratocaster that went for $965,000.