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After 40 years from his death, some of Che Guevara's hair was sold at an auction along with other memorabilia, for $119,500. The package contained fingerprints, a lock of hair and death photographs and belonged to a former CIA agent, Cuban-born Gustavo Villoldo. He claims to have cut the piece of hair before burying his body in a hole on an airstrip and denies Fidel Castro's claim that the body was in Cuba. Guevara was Castro's most trusted ally during the revolution in 1959 and was killed by gunshot injuries on October 8th 1967 in Bolivia. Villoldo said he took the fingerprints, lock of hair and photos to prove the mission to kill Che was a success and that he was a murderer, not the revolutionary icon he was turned into by popular stories. Though an unusual yet interesting item, there was only one bidder for the lot, a 61 year old man who runs a bookstore near Houston, and who placed the bid by telephone; some media speculated that even Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's leftist President was interested in owning the package, but he has not placed any bids. The final buyer, Bill Butler, says he plans to display the memorabilia in his bookstore; there is no scientific proof that the hair actually belonged to the revolutionary Argentinian, but the auction house guarantees its authenticity. The Heritage auction house from Dallas took extra security protection after Guevara's family publicly stated they were disappointed someone would try to make profit from his death.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_fe_st/che_auction;_ylt=Agfqh1K0Uizhxh_pc6jK4lKs0NUE

by Corina Ciubotaru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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