The signature braids of iconic country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson have sold for US$37,000 at an auction in Phoenix, A.Z. over the weekend.

The braids were among the roughly 2,000 items that belonged to another country music legend, Waylon Jennings, who was a close associate to Nelson in the 1970s, Billboard reports. Nelson gave the braids to Jennings during a 1983 party hosted by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash to celebrate Jennings's sobriety.

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Nelson cut the braids when his hair was still red and were said to have been a favorite at the auction, which happened at the Museum of Musical Instruments. The winning bidder was not identified, says Reuters.

Another item gifted to Jennings that was sold at the auction was an Ariel Cyclone motorcycle, which sold for US$450,000. It once belonged to rock 'n roll pioneer Buddy Holly, who bought the motorcycle in 1958.

Some years after Holly died in a tragic and much-discussed plane crash in 1959, his band gave the motorcycle to Jennings, who was his bassist at the time of his death.

"It represented to him great love for a friend and possibly part of his healing," Jenning's widow, Jessi Colter, said last month in an announcement of the event.

Jennings was supposed to board the plane with Holly along with fellow famous musicians J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens after a gig in February 1959. He, however, gave up his seat for Richardson, who was not feeling well, and instead took the tour bus.

Holly, Richardson, and Peterson all died in the crash, along with pilot Roger Peterson. The event would be referred to as "The Day the Music Died" in popular culture, after a line in the Don McLean song "American Pie."

Jennings, who battled with a cocaine addiction for years, died in 2002 due to complications of diabetes. He was 64.

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