Bombshell bargain: Garage sale yields never-before-seen pictures of Marilyn Monroe

article publié sur dailymail.co.uk
le 30 mai 2011, par Jennifer Madison

When a U.S. photographer bought two envelopes of negatives at a 1980 garage sale, he scored the bargain of a lifetime - but he didn't even know it.

Anton Fury has unveiled never-before-seen images of a young Marilyn Monroe, which he purchased for $2 at a sale in Parsippany, New Jersey.

One envelope contained eight images, including several of the bikini-clad actress striking poses at a poolside photoshoot, and a photo of the famous blonde lying in a bed with a mystery man by her side.

The second envelope contained about 70 negatives of late actress Jayne Mansfield.
 

Unveiled: U.S. photographer Anton Fury has unveiled eight never-before-seen images of the actress

 
 What a bargain! The negatives were purchased for a mere $2 at a New Jersey garage sale

It wasn't until Fury took the packages home, and gave the black-and-white negatives a closer look that he realised his discovery - which he has kept secret for more than three decades, he told CNN.

Fury recalled: 'I found an envelope of negatives, didn't know what they were, but I realised they were old

'I took it home, put them on the lightboard with a loupe, and, needless to say, these are Marilyn,' he said. 'That was probably my greatest garage sale discovery ever.'

He kept the findings under wraps until last week, when he took them to Beverly Hills art dealer and appraiser David W Streets, who is experienced with Monroe archives.

 
Poolside: Images feature Monroe wearing two bathing suits, including a bikini

 Pre-fame: Art appraiser David W Streets believes the photos were taken in 1950. Monroe would have been 24

While he is certain the images of the world's most famous blonde are authentic, questions remain over who shot them and exactly when they were taken.

He suspects, in 1950, before her breakout roles in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, when she sported a shorter hair style.

Monroe would have been 24.

Streets told CNN: 'I've looked for early photographs, early test shots, magazine shots, books, and haven't been able to find anything yet, so the mystery we're just beginning to unravel.'

 
Rare finds: While one envelope contained the images of Monroe (seen here), a second contained about 70 negatives of late actress Jayne Mansfield

 
 A lead: Monroe (seen here) and Mansfield were known to be friends, which could help art dealers uncover more details about the photos

He is sure, however, the images were taken in Los Angeles, citing the 1950s architecture and Hollywood Hills seen sloping in the background.

Streets is investigating leads as to who took the photos, noting there is one man pictured in both the Monroe and Mansfield photographs, who could be the photographer.

He explained: 'We know that Monroe and Mansfield were here working at the same time, were contemporaries and friends. So, there's an intertanglement there that we're going to unravel.'

  
Mystery man: Streets is investigating leads as to who took the photos, noting there is one man pictured in both the Monroe and Mansfield photographs, who could be the photographer

 
For sale? Fury has not ruled out selling the images although he risks the mystery photographer revealing himself to make copyright claims by going public

Fury has not ruled out putting up the images for sale to the public, although making his findings public he risks the mystery photographer revealing himself to make copyright claims.

Fury said: 'That's kind of what we're trying to figure out. There's way more questions than there are answers at this point. We don't know where this is going to lead.

Never-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe ?

article publié sur cnn.com
le 29 mai 2011, par Alan Duke

 STORY HIGHLIGHTS
    * Photographer found Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield negatives in 1980
    * Who shot them and how they ended up at a garage sale is unknown, man says
    * Finder, art appraiser David Streets welcome public help in solving the mystery

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Photographer Anton Fury's hobby of searching weekend garage sales for collectible toys led him to dozens of apparently unpublished photos of a young Marilyn Monroe.

Fury has allowed CNN to publish the images just days before what would have been Monroe's 85th birthday. They apparently were taken during a photo session before she was well known.

"I found an envelope of negatives, didn't know what they were, but I realized they were old," Fury said. He paid $2 for the folder, which contained two envelopes of black-and-white negatives.

That was in Parsippany, New Jersey, in 1980, when Fury says he was "a fledgling photographer."

"I took it home, put them on the lightboard with a loupe and, needless to say, these are Marilyn," he said. "That was probably my greatest garage sale discovery ever."

The second envelope was filled with about 70 negatives of actress Jayne Mansfield.

Fury held onto the photographs for the last three decades, not knowing much about them.

"The only thing we're sure of is who," he said. "We don't know where, we don't know why, we don't know when, we don't know who shot them. But we do know it is Marilyn."

Fury flew to Los Angeles this week to show the images to David W. Streets, a Beverly Hills art dealer and appraiser experienced with Monroe photos.

Monroe was one of the most photographed women ever, but Streets suspects these photos are from her early years, soon after she cut her hair and evolved into the iconic look most people associate with her.

"I've looked for early photographs, early test shots, magazine shots, books, and haven't been able to find anything yet, so the mystery we're just beginning to unravel," Streets said.

Streets' best guess for now is the photos were taken in 1950, a breakout year for the nearly unknown Monroe because of her minor roles in "The Asphalt Jungle" and "All About Eve."

"I know they were taken here in Los Angeles," which we know "from the backgrounds that we see in the photos," Streets said. "You see Hollywood Hills, Hollywood 1950s architecture."

There are more questions than answers, though.

"For me as an appraiser and as a researcher, I want people to call, I want people to e-mail and say, 'This is where it is, this is what it is, this is who I think took it,' " Streets said.

One clue that could be important is the coincidence of a man seen in both the Monroe and Mansfield photographs. It is possible he was the photographer for both sessions, Streets said.

"We know that Monroe and Mansfield were here working at the same time, were contemporaries and friends," Streets said. "So, there's an intertanglement there that we're going to unravel and see where the mystery leads."

Monroe, who would have been 24 in 1950, wore two bathing suits, including a bikini, and short pants during the poolside photo shoot.

One risk Fury runs as he brings his garage sale find to the public, and possibly for sale, is that someone could make a legal claim to the photos, which are possibly still protected by copyright laws even after 60 years.

"That's kind of what we're trying to figure out," Fury said. There's way more questions than there are answers at this point. We don't know where this is going to lead."

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Poses en studio de Marilyn Monroe en 1950
Photographies de Bob Beerman

 

Marilyn porte une robe de Ceil Chapman
robe qu'elle porte pour la promotion du film The Asphalt Jungle
photographiée ici chez Johnny Hyde

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Le 12 juin 1951, fête chez Herman Hover, dans sa villa à Beverly Hills, propriétaire du restaurant Ciro's, avec quelques jeunes premiers du cinéma: Nick Savano, Craig Hill, Marilyn Monroe et Mala Powers. La soirée se termina au Ciro's.
Reportage photographique mis en scène pour le magazine Modern Screen (septembre 1951).

In 1951, June, 12, party at Herman Hoover's home, in his villa in Beverly Hills; he is the owner of the Ciro's restaurant. Here, few young film stars: Nick Savano, Craig Hill, Marilyn Monroe and Mala Powers. Marilyn Monroe wears the swimsuit of the movie Let's make it legal. The evening party ended at Ciro's.
Photographic report for Modern Screen magazine (issue 1951, September).

 Villa Herman Hover

Marilyn Monroe dans une rue près du Beverly Carlton Hotel où elle habite, vêtue de la robe blanche du film "Chéri divorçons". Elle porte un genre de vanity case: peut être contient-il son maquillage, maillot de bain et paire de chaussures qu'elle va porter pour la séance photos.
Photographies publiées dans le magazine Look du 23 octobre 1951, sous le crédit du photographe Earl Theisen.

Marilyn Monroe in a street near the Beverly Carlton Hotel where she lives, dressed with the white dress of the movie "Let's Make it Legal". She helds a sort of vanity case: maybe it contains her makeup, swimsuit and pair of shoes that she will wear for the photoshoot.
Photographs published in Look magazine for October 23, 1951, with the credit of photographer Earl Theisen. 

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1 - photographie de Look, 23/10/1951 - USA
2 -photographie de Filmland, 04/1952 - USA

Herman Hover accueille Mala Powers, Craig Hill, Marilyn Monroe et Nick Savano, à la porte de sa villa. C'est la journaliste Beverly Ott, qui écrit l'article pour le magazine Modern Screen, qui a réuni ces quatre invités chez Hover.
Photographie de Bob Beerman.

Herman Hover welcomes Mala Powers, Craig Hill, Marilyn Monroe and Nick Savano at the door of his villa. It's the journalist Beverly Ott, who writes the article for Modern Screen magazine, who reunites these four guests together at Hover's.
Photograph by Bob Beerman.

Les quatre invités vont se changer pour aller mettre leur maillot de bain. Marilyn Monroe porte un maillot de bain de la styliste Rose Marie Reid.

The four guests are going to change clothes to wear their swimsuits. Marilyn Monroe wears a swimsuit by designer Rose Marie Reid.

Quand Marilyn met son doigt de pied dans l'eau de la piscine, elle frissonne en trouvant l'eau trop froide. Craig Hill et Nick Savano décident alors de mettre les filles à l'eau. Beverly Ott rapporte dans l'article que Marilyn nage très bien; Marilyn explique qu'elle a pris des leçons de natation, car elle avait une "peur bleue" car tombée dans une piscine quand elle était petite, elle avait failli se noyer.
Photographies de Bob Beerman.

When Marilyn puts her toe in the pool water, she shivers cause she finds the water too cold. Craig Hill and Nick Savano then decide to put the girls in the water. Beverly Ott reports in the article that Marilyn swims very well; Marilyn explains that she took swimming lessons because she was "scared silly" because she fells into a swimming pool when she was little, and she almost drowned.
Photographs by Bob Beerman.

 Les invités s'amusent plusieurs activités:
ils jouent aux cartes, les garçons font la course et boxent.

The guests enjoy several activities:
they play cards, the boys race and box.

- Marilyn & Craig Hill -
 
 

Herman Hover offre un trophée à Marla et Marilyn: un pot de fleurs !

Herman Hover offers a trophy to Marla and Marilyn: a flower pot !

Au milieu de l'après-midi, c'est la pause goûter.
Herman Hover leur sert du coca, des sandwichs et des oranges.

In the middle of the afternoon, it's the snack break.
Herman Hover serves them coke, sandwiches and oranges.

Marilyn est allongée dans une chaise longue incurvée en skaï rouge

Marilyn is lying in a curved red leatherette lounge chair

Sur cette série de photos de Earl Theisen
Marilyn est entourée de photographes (dont Frank Powolny)
Cette "séance" a-t-elle été prise en même temps ?
photo publiée dans le Look du 23/10/1951

On this series of photos by Earl Theisen
Marilyn is surrounded by photographers (including Frank Powolny)
Was this "session" taken at the same time?
photo published in the Look of 1951, October, 23

Marilyn au téléphone
photographie créditée Bob Beerman / Earl Theisen
publiée dans le Modern Screen de Septembre 1951

Marilyn on the phone
photo credit Bob Beerman / Earl Theisen
published in the Modern Screen of September 1951

- Magazines -

To XIOYMOP, 1954 - GRECE
  

Ciro's Party

Soirée au Ciro's, le club de Herman Hover, où deux autres invités rejoignent Marilyn, Marla, Craig et Nick: l'actrice Corinne Calvet et son mari (acteur) John Broomfield. Ils n'ont pas pu venir à la villa de Hover l'après-midi car Broomfield était en tournage.
Marilyn a emprunté la robe noire de Renié qu'elle porte dans le film As young as you feel (Rendez-moi ma femme).
Photographies de Bob Beerman.

Evening at Ciro's, Herman Hover's club, where two other guests join Marilyn, Marla, Craig and Nick: actress Corinne Calvet and her husband (actor) John Broomfield. They couldn't come to Hover's villa in the afternoon because Broomfield was on location.
Marilyn borrows the black dress from Renié that she wears in the movie As young as you feel.
Photographs by Bob Beerman.

Dans les toilettes du Ciro's: beaucoup de miroirs
In the toilets of Ciro's: a lot of mirrors
 

Marilyn passe la soirée à danser avec Craig Hill
Corinne Calvet danse avec son mari John Broomfield
Marilyn spends the evening dancing with Craig Hill
Corinne Calvet dances with her husband John Broomfield
 
    
 

Dans l'article de Modern Screen, on apprend que Marilyn quitte la soirée plus tôt que les autres invités car elle doit se rendre à une lecture de script le lendemain. Et c'est Craig Hill qui la raccompagne avec sa voiture chez elle (au Beverly Carlton Hotel).
In the Modern Screen article, we learn that Marilyn leaves the party earlier than the other guests because she has to go to a script reading the next day. And it is Craig Hill who drives her with his car at her home (at the Beverly Carlton Hotel).

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Le 29 mars 1951, se tient la cérémonie des Oscars (The Academy Awards) au Pantages Theatre, sur Hollywood Boulevard. Bien que Marilyn ne reçut jamais ce prix tant convoité, elle approcha de très près la fameuse statuette, où elle apparaît à la cérémonie pour la première et la dernière fois de sa vie. Marilyn Monroe était en effet chargée de remettre l'Oscar de "La meilleur prise de son" ("The Best Achievement in Sound"); le prix alla à Thomas Moulton pour le film "All About Eve" dans lequel Marilyn joua! D'ailleurs, "All about Eve" était nominé dans 14 catégories et remporta 6 Oscars. (>> pour plus d'infos, voir le film All About Eve ).
Fred Astaire est le maître de cérémonie. Peu avant son entrée en scène, Marilyn découvrit que la robe était déchirée. Prise d'une crise d'angoisse et de panique, les actrices Jane Greer, Debra Paget et Gloria DeHaven consolent Marilyn, pendant qu'une couturière répara précipitemment la déchirure.

On March 29, 1951, the Oscars Ceremony (The Academy Awards) holds at the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Although Marilyn never received this coveted prize, she approached very near the famous statue, where she appears to the ceremony for the first and last time in her life. Marilyn Monroe was indeed responsible for handing the Oscar for "The Best Achievement in Sound"; the Price went to Thomas Moulton for the film "All About Eve" in which Marilyn played ! Besides, "All about Eve" was nominated in 14 categories and won six Oscars. (>> For more information, see the film 'All About Eve'). Fred Astaire is the master of the ceremony.
Shortly before going on stage, Marilyn discovered that her dress was torn. Taking by an anxiety attack and panic, the actresses Jane Greer, Debra Paget and Gloria DeHaven comfort Marilyn, while a dressmaker repairs rushly the tear. 

> Marilyn avec Thomas Moulton
  

> photographie de Bob Beerman
 

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La séance photos

 Pour cette prestigieuse soirée, Marilyn est vêtue d'une robe en mousseline décolletée, noire avec un voilage transparent bleu lavande, empruntée aux studio de cinéma; une création de Renié. (> l'article sur la robe de soirée en tulle noire) Pour Info: elle a porté cette robe pour les photos publicitaires de Love Nest (> voir les photos promotionelles de Love Nest).
Elle pose dans les escaliers d'un hôtel de Los Angeles, selon les sources: le Roosevelt Hotel ou l'hôtel Del Mar à Santa Monica.
Séance photos de John Florea pour le magazine Collier's.

 For this prestigious event, Marilyn is wearing a low-cut chiffon dress, black with transparent lavender sheers, borrowed from the film studio; a creation of Renié. For information: she wore this dress for advertising photos of Love Nest.
She poses on the stairs of a hotel in Los Angeles, according to sources: the Roosevelt Hotel or the Hotel Del Mar in Santa Monica.
Photo Shoot by John Florea for Collier's magazine. 

- Dans la presse -

article de Collier's, 08/09/1951 - USA
   

publicité pour Look du 23/10/1951 - avec article du Collier's
 

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Marilyn Monroe pose en pin up dans une villa
à  Westwood Village le 26 mai 1950
sous l'objectif du photographe Bob Beerman

>> en Pull rouge bordeaux et short blanc   
   

  
     
   
        
 
  
  
 
 
   

>> en Bikini au bord de la piscine et dans un tranzat
  

  
  
 
   
    
  
 

      
    
    
 

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Marilyn Monroe prend des poses lassives dans son lit en 1952
On aperçoit sur sa table de nuit, un flacon de son parfum préféré: le Chanel n°5. La plus célèbre réplique de Marilyn Monroe à un journaliste qui lui demanda ce qu'elle portait pour dormir, elle répliqua "Chanel n°5", comme l'illustrent ces photos où Marilyn dort nue avec une goutte de Chanel.
sous l'objectif du photographe Bob Beerman

- Les variantes & colorisation de Bed Setting -

Marilyn Monroe dans son appartement californien de Doheny Drive en 1953. Elle raconte son enfance à son ami proche écrivain, journaliste, acteur et producteur Sidney Skolsky en lui montrant des photos d'elle enfant;
sous l'objectif du photographe Bob Beerman

> photo de presse
     

Marilyn Monroe chez elle dans son appartement de Doheny Drive,
en juin 1953 - coulisses de l'interview par Sidney Skolsky
 Photographies de Bob Beerman