Julien's Auctions is celebrating what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday by putting 100 significant pieces from her impressive life up for sale on June 4. The auction includes pieces of her historic home, iconic gowns worn throughout her career, scripts, makeup, and never-before-seen photos and handwritten notes.
Marilyn Monroe fans will have the opportunity to get their hands on a piece of the late star's dazzling life... but it will cost them a pretty penny.
Julien's Auctions is celebrating what would have been Monroe’s 100th birthday by putting 100 significant pieces from her impressive life up for sale on June 4, but many of the items are expected to cost thousands, even tens of thousands, of dollars. The Hollywood icon was famously found dead in her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962, at the age of 36.
She was naked, face down on her bed in a room littered with pill bottles; an autopsy later found that she died from a probable suicide caused by a barbiturate overdose. Now, on what would have been her 100th birthday, some of her possessions will be put up for sale, including pieces of her historic home, iconic gowns worn throughout her career, scripts, makeup and even never-before-seen photos and handwritten notes.
The Beverly Hills-based auction house said there will also be other 'personal treasures and artifacts' from Monroe's famous films The Seven Year Itch and Something's Got To Give. The estimated price of the pieces ranges from $300 to $50,000. Martin Nolan, executive director and co-founder of Julien’s Auctions, said the auction demonstrates the significance of Monroe's life.
Julien's Auctions is celebrating what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday by putting 100 significant pieces from her impressive life for sale on June 4th, including old photographs, like the one seen here. He added that they hope to honor her 'extraordinary life and enduring legacy' as one of the 20th century’s defining cultural icons.
The most expensive of the items is the wooden front gates of the iconic star’s Brentwood home, which are expected to sell for somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000. Another high-ticket item is Monroe’s stunning 1950s Jeanne Lanvin Paris ivory silk evening gown, which is the epitome of her iconic style. The model's personal garments, which were synonymous with helping her solidify her as a sex symbol, are also up for auction with an estimated price of $1,000 to $2,000.
Along with the famous actress's belongings are also rare and hard-to-find images that have been hidden for decades. This includes a signed photo from 1954 of Monroe and her husband, Joe DiMaggio, which shows them walking off an airplane in Japan during their 'working' honeymoon, estimated at $4,000 to $6,000. Another never-before-seen snap of the model from 1962, taken just a month before her death, is also estimated to cost between $4,000 to $6,000.
A third photo shows one of the actress's first headshots as a teenager in 1944
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