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Real person pays $37,000 for Willie Nelson's braids

Real person pays $37,000 for Willie Nelson's braids

Willie Nelson performs on stage at the Harvest the Hope concert in Neligh, Neb. on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. The concert in northeast Nebraska was organized to raise money for efforts opposing the Keystone petroleum pipeline. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis) MAGS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT ORG XMIT: NEOMA109

Kudos to you, undisclosed buyer: You may be out $37,000, but you're now the proud owner of Willie Nelson's hair.

Two braids, cut back in the 1980s when the country singer's locks were still red, were sold at auction Sunday, organizers from Guernsey's auction house told Reuters. They were up for sale in an Arizona auction of items owned by the late Waylon Jennings.

Jennings was gifted the braids at a party thrown by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash to celebrate Jenning's sobriety. Nelson's then-wife, Connie Nelson, "brought the braids from Willie, who was on tour," Jenning's widow, Jessi Colter, told USA TODAY. "It just tickled Waylon."

We hope their new owner is just as tickled. (OK, so the proceeds from the auction go to the Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation, but still — that is a lot of money for human hair.)