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August 2012

A bottle filled with "Elvis Presley's hair" sold at a 2003 sale at Mastro Auctions for more than $33,000. When the buyer had the hair tested and questioned its authenticity, Mastro refunded his money. But Mastro is accused of selling locks of the hair at four later auctions. The hair, say federal prosecutors in Chicago, is fake. William Mastro, who ran the auction house and is also accused of selling sports memorabilia with fake provenances, has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of mail fraud. Other questionable memorabilia sold by the auction house, which closed in 2009, include a famous Honus Wagner T-206 card that had secretly been trimmed and an 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball with paint on it that dated after World War II.

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