Julien's Auction 05/2011 - lots 534 à 538
lot n°534: MARILYN MONROE PIN-UP MAGAZINE, 1953
A magazine titled "Marilyn Monroe Pin Ups" published by the Maco Magazine Corporation in 1953. Includes 14 pages of photographs and various, if inaccurate, facts about Monroe.
Estimate: $100 - $200
lot n°535: MARILYN MONROE WARDROBE SHOTS FROM "DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK"
Three original vintage black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe in her wardrobe as Nell in "Don't Bother To Knock" (20th Century Fox, 1952). The Wardrobe boards, dated "12/3/51" show that the costumes were designed by Travilla. 10 by 8 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800
lot n°537: MARILYN MONROE MGM SWIMSUIT
A Marilyn Monroe costume swimsuit from an unknown production. Swimsuit is dark blue with light blue ribbon across bust. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer tag reads "M. Monroe 36," additionally stamped MGM under bust lining. This was purchased in the 1970s from the prop resale house Remember When in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
lot n°538: MARILYN MONROE SURVEILLANCE RECORDS
A twenty-one typed pages dated from October 20 to November 5, 1954, containing detailed reports on the movements of Marilyn Monroe and her friends and suspected love interests. The pages are prepared for "City Detective and Guard Service" on the subject of "Dimaggio****Monroe."
They provide detailed accounts of the movements of Monroe and Hal Schaefer, Monroe's vocal coach for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Fox, 1953). While Schaefer was watched closely, the detectives noted everyone with whom Monroe interacted.
The entry dated October 24, 1954, reads in part, "…7:50 P.M. The Subject [earlier identified as Marilyn Monroe] arrived at 1312 Harper, parked and entered same. There was another auto parked in the drive-way, a 1950 Cadillac Conv. Lic. # 5N69948 Calif., registered to Jane Wyman--360 N. Camden Dr., Bev. Hills. Someone was playing the piano in the house. The husband of Jane Wyman is John Karger (he plays the piano), and it was our oppinnion [sic.] that Karger was in the house."
Joe Dimaggio hired private detectives to track Monroe's movements, as he feared she was being unfaithful. The detectives' observations state that one of the "operators" called DiMaggio and they noted his car in front of the building where the famous "wrong door raid" took place on the night of November 5, 1954.
Folded, 7 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200