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A collection of Frank Sinatra’s personal relics, including this prescription pill bottle for Vicodin and clumps of his hair, are up for auction.
A family that worked for the legendary singer collected the items over the last half-century and decided to share them with the rest of the world.
The trove of intimate goodies, which includes everything from custom-made overalls valued at $1,200 to clumps of his salt-and-pepper hair (swept up during a haircut at his home at age 78), is expected to fetch around $30,000.
The Vicodin bottle is dated April 20, 1998 — about a month before Sinatra died of a heart attack. It’s valued at $1,200.
“It’s sad in the sense that he was in pain and that he died, but people do collect celebrity prescription bottles,” said Heritage Auctions ’ director of entertainment memorabilia Margaret Barrett.
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