Lock from Florence Nightingale encapsulates the diverse lots in a North Yorkshire auction
One of the more unusual items on offer at Tennants’ (20% buyer’s premium) Summer Fine Sale was a lock of hair from the 19th century nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). It was thought to have been cut in 1883 when she was 63 years old.
The ringlet of hair was sold alongside Nightingale’s signature on a clipped piece of paper, a leat…