Lock of Byron’s Hair Will Go on the Block

A lock of hair from the 19th-Century romantic poet Lord Byron is expected to fetch more than $800 when it is sold at auction next month, London auctioneer Bonhams said Sunday.

It said the five-inch twist of brown hair, tied in a loop with a green silk thread and framed in a silk-lined case, will be sold June 22.

Byron gave the memento to a fellow student, John Fitzgibbon, for whom he had developed an idealized love, Bonhams said.