06-08/09/2023, JULIEN'S “Legends: Hollywood & Royalty” Lots Partie 2

23 octobre 2023

06-08/09/2023, JULIEN'S “Legends: Hollywood & Royalty” Lots Partie 2

Enchères "Legends: Hollywood & Royalty"
du 06 au 08 septembre 2023
- 27 lots avec Marilyn Monroe -
- Partie 2 : Effets personnels

> 06-08/09/2023, JULIEN'S “Legends: Hollywood & Royalty” : Vente et Catalogue

Photographies

Lot #850 MARILYN MONROE | PERSONALLY-OWNED "THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS" LOBBY CARD A lobby card for the film There's No Business Like Show Business (Twentieth Century Fox, 1954) that personally belonged to Marilyn Monroe. Monroe costarred alongside Ethel Merman, Mitzi Gaynor, and Donald O'Connor in the ensemble musical which featured the songs of Irving Berlin and her sensual rendition of "Heat Wave" was a highlight and created a scandal at the time. Television personality and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan described it as "one of the most flagrant violations of good taste" he had seen.
PROVENANCE From the Archives of Marilyn Monroe's Personal Property
Estimate: $300 - $500 - Winning bid:$2,925

Presse

Lot #851 MARILYN MONROE | PERSONALLY-OWNED CLIPPINGS ABOUT HER PERFORMANCE IN KOREA
A pair of clippings from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reporting on Marilyn Monroe's visit to Korea and her performance for the U.S. troops that personally belonged to the actress. The headlines read: "No Ermine Suits for Marilyn When She Visits GIs in Korea" and "Air Force, Army Battle Over Marilyn Monroe."
Monroe visited Korea in February 1954 with husband Joe DiMaggio a few weeks after their marriage. Monroe was invited to perform before the troops and and the trip caused an interruption in the couple's honeymoon.
PROVENANCE From the Archives of Marilyn Monroe's Personal Property
Estimate: $300 - $500 - Winning bid:$520

Lot #852 MARILYN MONROE | PERSONALLY OWNED "MARILYN MONROE VISITS OSAKA ARMY HOSPITAL" NEWSLETTER
An issue of The Host, an Osaka Army Hospital newsletter, that belonged to Marilyn Monroe. The Volume V, number 2 issue is dated March 6, 1954 and the cover features a photograph of Monroe next to the headline "Marilyn Monroe visits Osaka Army Hospital." Inside is a two-page spread of photos showing Monroe performing and having lunch with military patients at the hospital along with a short article about her visit.
Monroe took time out from her honeymoon with husband Joe DiMaggio in early 1954 to entertain U.S. military troops in Korea and subsequently stopped by the Osaka Army Hospital in Japan.
PROVENANCE From the Archives of Marilyn Monroe's Personal Property
Estimate: $500 - $700 - Winning bid:$780

Film "Le Milliardaire": scénario & autres documents

Lot #856 MARILYN MONROE | PAULA STRASBERG ANNOTATED "LET'S MAKE LOVE" SCRIPT
A bound original copy of the screenplay for Let's Make Love (Twentieth Century Fox, 1960) that personally belonged to Marilyn Monroe's acting coach Paula Strasberg and is annotated by her throughout. The blue cover is printed with the words "Let's Make Love / January 15, 1960" in the center, "822" in the upper left, "Property of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" at the bottom, and has the initials "PMS" (for Paula Miller Strasberg) written in red pencil near the top. A white sticker on the upper right of the cover has the words "Krasna, Norman / "Let's Make Love" written in ink. The first page inside the cover also has the initials "PMS" written in red pencil on the upper right and lower half of the page reads in part: "Received January 15, 1960 / 1 Script Second Revised Shooting Final / Title "Let's Make Love." The script is 139 pages and Strasberg circled every mention of Monroe's character's name Amanda in red ink and wrote her notes throughout in red ink.
Let's Make Love would become Monroe's penultimate film and her final movie musical.
PROVENANCE From the Archives of Marilyn Monroe's Personal Property
Estimate: $500 - $700 - Winning bid:$3,575

Lot #864 MARILYN MONROE | PERSONALLY-OWNED "LET'S MAKE LOVE" CALL SHEET
A call sheet for the film Let's Make Love (Twentieth Century Fox, 1960) that was personally-owned by Marilyn Monroe. The two-sided call sheet is dated May 19, 1960 and the font side indicates it was day 64 of the film shoot and had a call time of 8:30 a.m. The setting for the scene filmed that day was the exterior of a church on a New York City street. Actors required include Monroe and costar Yves Montand, three stand-ins, and extras. The back side features a list of the production requirements, including the call times for the camera team, wardrobe, and the makeup department.
PROVENANCE From the Archives of Marilyn Monroe's Personal Property
Estimate: $300 - $500 - Winning bid:$1,950

Lot #865 MARILYN MONROE | PERSONALLY OWNED "LET'S MAKE LOVE" SHEET MUSIC
A sheet music arrangement for the song "Specialization" that was owned by Marilyn Monroe. The song features lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by James Van Heusen and was performed by Monroe as a duet with costar Frankie Vaughan in her final film musical Let's Make Love (Twentieth Century Fox, 1960). The front page of the nine-page arrangement shows the title of the song with Monroe's name in parentheses beneath it and the film's original title, The Billionaire, in the upper left and is dated October 20, 1959 in the upper right.
PROVENANCE From the Archives of Marilyn Monroe's Personal Property
Estimate: $300 - $500 - Winning bid:$9,100

Beauté

Lot #866 MARILYN MONROE | HAIR PINS
A box of Scoldy Lox brand glamour guards (hair pins) that belonged to Marilyn Monroe. The front of the box is stamped with the word "BLONDE" and the box contains more than two dozen hair pins and a piece of paper printed with the product inspection information. Also included is a long piece of twine that had been wrapped around the box.
Accompanied by the original Christie's receipt.
PROVENANCE Partial lot 112, "Fine Manuscripts," Christie's, September 20, 2001
Estimate: $600 - $800 - Winning bid:$4,550

Lot #867 MARILYN MONROE SIGNED RECEIPT
An Elizabeth Arden receipt signed by Marilyn Monroe. Monroe has signed the receipt in blue ballpoint ink over the salon’s handwritten itemization of services.
Includes original Julien's Auctions lot card and tag.
PROVENANCE Lot 960, "Property from the Estate of Lee Strasberg," Julien's Auctions, November 17, 2016
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 - Winning bid:$3,900