George Washington's Hair With Charles Hamilton COA

Description

Hair from George Washington as handed down by the family of Eleanor Custis granddaughter of Martha Washington, The Custis family in turn presented it to world renowned handwriting and collectible expert Charles Hamilton. It was then sold to Stephen Koschal who in turn sold it to me.
4 strands of Washington's hair sold in Auction a few years ago for 17,000 dollars. I believe this sample has 3 hairs although the scan makes it look like more. A great item and 100% real !!
About Charles Hamilton the source of the hair:
He used to claim he could spot a forgery from across a room, by the time he branded the so-called Hitler diaries ''patent and obvious forgeries,'' in 1983, Mr. Hamilton had been proved right so many times -- that even Hugh Trevor-Roper, the British historian who had authenticated them, would have to accede to his opinion, which was eventually upheld when the forger was unmasked and convicted.
Although the headlines he made exposing forgeries were useful publicity, Mr. Hamilton's real business and abiding passion was the discovery and sale of the legitimate letters and other writings of men and women who made or illuminated history.
''Unless you have a soul made of solid lead,'' he once said, ''your pulse quickens and your eyes brighten when you look upon something that a great man actually held and into which he put his personal thoughts.''
Among Mr. Hamilton's 17 published books are ''Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts'' (1962), ''Great Forgers and Famous Fakes'' (1980), ''American Autographs'' (1983) and ''The Hitler Diaries: Fakes That Fooled the World'' (1994).