“You said you picked it yourself!?” 6 million won for a strand of Jang Won-young's hair, auction on the continent's absurdity
An item claiming to be the hair of Jang Won-young, a member of the girl group IVE, has appeared in an online auction in China, making it a hot topic.
According to foreign media such as Singaporean media outlet 8days on the 26th (local time), an auction item called 'Jang Won-young's hair' was recently posted on a Chinese e-commerce site. Attached to the product introduction is a photo of three long black hairs placed on the floor.
Mr. A, a Chinese seller, conducted an auction broadcast for selling, and the broadcast received a lot of attention with more than 1,200 people watching as soon as it started. He claimed, "I personally pulled out Jang Won-young's hair at her concert venue. Identification is also possible through DNA."
Even though it was not confirmed that the hair posted by seller A was actually Jang Won-young's, viewers rushed to participate in the auction. The starting price of the auction was set to start at 99,999 yuan (about 18.46 million won) and increase by 99 yuan (about 18,200 won) with each bid.
When the auction began, Jang Won-young's fans flocked to the bidding competition, and soon the price soared to 103,662 yuan (about 19.15 million won), and local media said, "This absurd auction item has sparked a heated controversy on the Internet." The reaction was reported.
Netizens at home and abroad who saw this criticized it with reactions such as “How do you confirm who it belongs to?”, “Both the buyer and the seller are strange,” “It is definitely a scam,” and “Even if it is Jang Won-young’s real hair, it is a problem.”
In this way, personal items of top stars are auctioned off around the world and often attract attention.
In 2007, when Britney Spears shaved her head, the cut hair was auctioned for $500,000 (approximately 650 million won), but the transaction did not go through as the auction site directly suspended the hair.
In addition, Scarlett Johansson's nose-blowing toilet paper was sold for $5,300 (approximately 7 million won) and donated to a charity, and there were absurd cases of top stars' items being sold through auction sites, such as Angelina Jolie's hairbrush and Jessica Simpson's chewing gum. There are.
Meanwhile, the girl group IVE, of which Jang Won-young is a member, is preparing to meet global fans through its first world tour, 'Show What I Have'.
