Significant lock of Jackson’s hair, measuring approximately 2.5″ long, affixed with a period green wax seal to a 6 x 3.5 printed notecard of Forest H. Sweet bearing a provenance note, in full: “Hair of General Andrew Jackson, a portion of lot 96 of the Personal Relics of President Andrew Jackson consigned and guaranteed genuine by Andrew Jackson the Fourth.” Affixed to a same-size foamcore mount and in fine condition. Research indicates that this lock of hair was part of a lot auctioned at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 13–14, 1927. Locks of presidential hair are rare and highly sought by collectors of history and Americana, with this particular example complemented by ironclad familial provenance—direct from the great-grandson of Andrew Jackson.
