Les Echos Week-End 15/07/2022
Les Echos Week-End
n°23749
pays: France
parution le vendredi 15 juillet 2022
Le supplément magazine vendu avec l'édition du journal le vendredi
Article de 7 pages
La vie « made in France » de Marilyn Monroe
> Par Sebastien Cauchon; en ligne sur lesechos.fr
On connaît le goût de Marylin pour le parfum français mais moins celui pour les cocottes Le Creuset ou encore les objets Baccarat. En matière de lifestyle, la superstar hollywoodienne la jouait made in France. En atteste ses factures et autres correspondances que se sont amusé à éplucher « Les Echos Week-End ».
Marilyn Monroe et Yves Montand, le 16 janvier 1960 à Hollywood,
lors du cocktail annonçant le tournage du « Milliardaire », film dont ils partagent l'affiche.
(© AFP)
On connaît la passion de Marilyn Monroe pour le 5 de Chanel et celle, plus fugace, qui la lia le temps d'un tournage à Yves Montand. Deux symboles de la France à travers le monde que l'icône hollywoodienne contribua sans doute indirectement à populariser une fois ses deux coups de coeur dévoilés au grand jour. Ce que l'on sait moins, c'est que dans l'intimité, ce symbole de la pop culture américaine des fifties, disparue il y aura tout juste soixante ans le 4 août prochain, aimait également s'entourer des grands noms de l'art de vivre à la française.
Née en 1926 d'une mère qui l'éleva à peine et d'un père qu'elle ne connut jamais, Norma Jeane Mortenson traversa l'enfance dans des conditions plus que modestes. Peu de chance que le soft power français ait alors croisé la route de cette enfant des quartiers périphériques de Hollywood. Vite mariée à 16 ans (pour échapper à l'orphelinat) avec un pur Yankee éberlué, elle l'abandonna rapidement pour embrasser une carrière de mannequin.
Quête d'excellence
Et c'est en se réinventant devant les caméras de la 20th Century Fox sous le nom de Marilyn Monroe que Norma Jeane connut le succès. Puis, très vite, l'ambition secrète de devenir une grande actrice et d'être reconnue en tant que telle. Est-ce cette quête d'excellence qui la poussa à accumuler les commodes Louis XV, les reproductions de Pierre Bonnard et Pierre-Auguste Renoir ou encore les ouvrages d'Albert Camus, Flaubert ou Proust ?
Marilyn se parfumant au Chanel N° 5, le 24 mars 1955, à l'hôtel « Ambassador » à New York.
© Ed Feingersh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Loin d'être une pose, cet attrait pour le beau venu de France se retrouvait dans les objets du quotidien que la star choisissait avec soin, à mille lieues de l'image de la fille superficielle et rigolote, la fameuse « girl next door » que le studio s'efforça de vendre film après film avec un succès certain. Qui aurait cru que l'incarnation du glamour hollywoodien possédait une batterie de cuisine Le Creuset de huit pièces (dont deux cocottes) dans un délicat coloris jaune paille ? C'est ce que l'on découvre en octobre 1999 à la faveur de la très médiatisée vente aux enchères des effets personnels de la star organisée par la maison Christie's. Les observateurs attentifs savent pourtant que Marilyn n'a pas attendu la création du Comité Colbert (en 1954) pour succomber aux charmes du « made in France ».
N°5, Arpège et Joy
Folle du 5 et de ses notes d'aldéhydes, ylang-ylang, néroli, bergamote et citron, elle s'approvisionne régulièrement auprès des grands magasins de luxe tels I. Magnin à Los Angeles ou Saks à New York. Jusqu'à en posséder 26 flacons, selon la légende. Marilyn lui substitue ponctuellement deux autres best-sellers de la parfumerie française : Arpège de Lanvin ou Joy de Patou. Les actrices ne sont alors pas encore des égéries et paient sur leurs deniers propres, comme le confirment les nombreuses factures de ce type que l'on retrouvera parmi les effets personnels de la star après sa disparition.
Facture de parfum Chanel N° 5 acheté au grand magasin I. Magnin de Beverly Hills.
© Courtesy of Julien's Auctions
Marilyn succombe également dès ses débuts professionnels à un autre étendard du raffinement à la française : le champagne. Boisson officielle du septième art dont elle partage la blondeur et le caractère pétillant, elle en remplit les réfrigérateurs de ses diverses résidences successives (38 en seize ans, tout de même). Le Dom Pérignon 1953 avait clairement sa préférence : en juin 1962, Pat Newcomb, l'attachée de presse personnelle de la star, avait ainsi veillé à ce que le photographe Bert Stern en ait a minima trois bouteilles en stock pour sa séance prévue pour « Vogue ».
Une autodidacte au goût très sûr
Prévoyant, Stern s'était muni d'une caisse entière. « Le champagne ne coûtait alors que 11 dollars la bouteille, au lieu de 55 actuellement », écrivait-il en 1982 dans le récit de cette ultime séance. En 2022, la mythique cuvée est quasi introuvable et proposée à plusieurs milliers d'euros aux amateurs lorsqu'une bouteille vintage fait ponctuellement apparition sur le marché des collectionneurs fortunés.
Si Moët & Chandon peut s'enorgueillir d'avoir su séduire les papilles de la star avec son millésime 1953, Marilyn ne dédaignait pas pour autant les autres grandes maisons champenoises. Ses bons de commande ou encore ses notes de room-service pendant les tournages indiquent que le Piper-Heidsieck ou le Mumm Cordon Rouge trouvaient régulièrement grâce à ses yeux. Nulle trace de vulgaire « sparkling » californien dans ses factures, Marilyn Monroe était définitivement une autodidacte de goût, y compris dans le domaine vinicole.
Le bal « April in Paris »
Un goût très sûr et une quête d'excellence qui lui font fuir Hollywood en 1954 pour s'établir à New York. Elle y fonde sa propre maison de production en 1955 et épouse l'année suivante le dramaturge Arthur Miller. L'intelligentsia de la côte Est l'accueille à bras ouverts et Marilyn souhaite se réinventer, les conditions sont réunies pour que s'épanouisse son amour de la France.
Le champagne est l'un des raffinements à la française qu'adorait Marilyn,
avec un goût sûr pour les grandes maisons. © Ramey Agency/ABACA
Elle accepte ainsi avec plaisir l'invitation au bal « April in Paris » qui se tient au « Waldorf Astoria » le 11 avril 1957. Lancé cinq ans plus tôt par le futé manager français de l'établissement, un certain Claude Philippe, l'événement s'est imposé comme le raout mondain et caritatif de l'année auprès de la bonne société new-yorkaise.
Sous couvert de renforcer l'amitié franco-américaine, le dîner dansant est une magnifique opération de promotion des artistes français et des fleurons du savoir-faire hexagonal qui financent la soirée : Dior, Balmain, Givenchy, Cartier ou encore la Fédération nationale française de dentelles, tulles, broderies et passementeries. L'invitation est facturée 100 dollars (reversés à des oeuvres de charité) et donne aux participants fortunés bon pour une tombola dont les lots vont de la Renault Dauphine au cendrier de chez « Maxim's » !
Razzia chez Baccarat
Fidèle à sa légende, Marilyn arrive en retard, main dans la main avec Arthur Miller, avec qui elle ouvre langoureusement le bal sous les flashs des photographes. Lors du dîner, elle croise Gérard Philipe, Zizi Jeanmaire et Jean Marais.
On ignore si les représentants de la maison Baccarat sont présents ce soir-là, mais Marilyn va dévaliser peu après le showroom new-yorkais de la manufacture de cristal originaire de Meurthe-et-Moselle pour décorer son appartement du 444 East 57th Street où elle vient d'emménager avec Miller. Emblématique horloge Soleil (trônant au-dessus de la cheminée), carafes à décanter, chandeliers, verres à eau et à vin, candélabres… les pièces Baccarat affluent dans le grand appartement dont la star a fait recouvrir les sols de moquette beige et des pans de murs entiers de miroirs.
Facture d'une caisse de Dom Pérignon, le champagne préféré de Marilyn,
achetée en mai 1962, trois mois avant sa mort. © Ramey Agency/ABACA
La marque a, il est vrai, installé sa boutique « flagship » new-yorkaise à quelques mètres du domicile de l'actrice, au 55 East 57th Street. Une adresse à laquelle on trouve au premier étage la salle d'exposition de la maison Porthault. A l'en croire, celle-ci y aurait vendu ici même à Marilyn son linge de maison imprimé Coeurs rose issu des ateliers de Rieux-en-Cambrésis… Ce que l'on sait avec certitude, c'est que Marilyn fréquentait effectivement cette adresse, puisque le 25 novembre 1958, une facture en atteste, elle poussa la porte de la boutique Baccarat pour y faire l'achat d'un cendrier en cristal référence « numéro 33 » pour la somme de 180,25 dollars.
Une garde-robe monopolisée par Norman Norell
Etonnamment, peu de pièces de haute couture française dans la garde-robe de la star qui aspire alors pourtant à transformer son image et gommer les années pin-up de ses débuts. Deux raisons à cela. Tout d'abord, l'actrice privilégie dans l'intimité les tenues simples et confortables, empruntant si besoin au département costumes de la Fox les robes glamours le temps d'une soirée de gala. Ensuite, un homme veille sur ses tenues depuis son arrivée sur la côte Est et l'accompagne dans le processus de sophistication de la « nouvelle » Marilyn. Il s'agit du couturier Norman Norell, un ami des Greene, chez qui Marilyn a trouvé refuge après avoir quitté Hollywood.
Sur les conseils d'Amy Greene, Norell est mis à contribution pour renouveler la garde-robe de la star grâce à un ingénieux partenariat : il fournira ses créations gracieusement et prendra en charge une partie des frais du train de vie de la star (coiffeur, esthéticienne, manucure), et en contrepartie Marilyn portera du Norell pour toutes ses apparitions publiques, lui assurant ainsi une immense publicité. Oubliés les robes à noeuds fuchsia, les lamés or et les bustiers plongeants de soie rouge et dentelles. Norman Norell pare Marilyn d'une élégance minimaliste de bon ton.
Les tables laquées de « Mrs Miller »
Son influence s'étend au-delà du dressing puisque c'est lui qui joue les intermédiaires entre l'actrice et la maison Leleu. Fleuron des arts décoratifs français, Leleu crée alors du mobilier d'exception mêlant bois laqués, marbre, albâtre et bronze pour les grands de ce monde. Le 29 septembre 1959, la secrétaire de Marilyn Monroe adresse un courrier au siège parisien de la maison Leleu, avenue Franklin Roosevelt : « Messieurs, suite aux arrangements pris avec Mr. Norman Norell, veuillez trouver ci-joint un chèque d'acompte de 150 dollars pour trois tables laquées au nom de Mrs Arthur Miller. » La commande est précise, on indique que « la laque doit être de style numéro 1, comme indiqué sur les échantillons apportés par Mr. Norell ».
Correspondance échangée à l'occasion de la commande de trois tables gigognes
à la maison française Leleu. © Courtesy of Julien's Auctions
Fils du fondateur Jules, Jean Leleu s'empresse de lancer la livraison des trois tables gigognes destinées au salon de la plus grande star au monde. Le 6 octobre, il informe par retour de courrier « Mrs Miller » de la bonne réception de son acompte et de l'expédition de sa commande prévue « dans les premiers jours de décembre ». Il précise timidement : « Je me réjouis de savoir certains de mes meubles chez vous, même si ce sont de petites pièces. Vous pourriez être intéressée par nos produits et nos tendances, aussi je joins à ce courrier quelques pages de publications françaises à notre sujet. » Avant de s'enhardir : « Nous sommes reconnus comme des décorateurs d'exception spécialisés dans la fabrication de meubles modernes sur mesure. Notre savoir-faire est inégalé : c'est la raison pour laquelle nous avons été sélectionnés pour la décoration de nombreux navires de luxe, ambassades, résidences présidentielles, etc. » Et de tenter enfin sa chance : « Ce serait pour moi un plaisir de réaliser pour vous des esquisses personnalisées s'il vous arrivait d'avoir des résidences à meubler et décorer. »
Subjuguée par Yves Montand
Las, comme l'atteste l'épaisse correspondance conservée à ce sujet, les formalités de douanes vont compliquer et retarder la livraison de la caisse renfermant les fameuses tables. Et Marilyn ne renouvellera pas commande à la maison Leleu… Mais la France n'est jamais loin d'elle en cette année 1959. Quelques mois plus tôt, c'est en effet un artiste français qu'elle découvre sur les planches du Henry Miller Theater à Broadway. Le 21 septembre 1959, Marilyn assiste à la première du one man show « An evening with Yves Montand ». Subjuguée, et alors que Miller était retenu par son travail d'écriture, elle retourne avec lui voir le spectacle trois jours plus tard.
Le 16 janvier 1960, c'est à Hollywood que les couples Montand et Miller sont réunis pour une conférence de presse annonçant le début de tournage du film « Le Milliardaire » dont Marilyn et Montand se partagent l'affiche.
Les couples Marilyn Monroe-Arthur Miller et Yves Montand-Simon Signoret,
dans l'appartement de Montand au « Beverly Hills Hotel »,
durant le tournage du « Milliardaire », en 1960.
© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
Comme si le titre original du film n'était pas assez prémonitoire (« Let's Make Love »), Marilyn déclare à la presse : « Après mon mari et ex aequo avec Marlon Brando, je trouve qu'Yves Montand est l'homme le plus séduisant que j'aie jamais rencontré. » Les couples Signoret-Montand et Monroe-Miller s'installent dans des bungalows voisins au « Beverly Hills Hotel » pour la durée du tournage et le photographe Bruce Davidson immortalise le temps d'un dîner la catastrophe annoncée dans un cliché devenu célèbre. Simone Signoret regarde Yves Montand qui regarde Marilyn qui regarde Arthur Miller qui regarde Yves Montand, un sourire crispé aux lèvres.
La suite est connue. Et si, dans l'un des numéros musicaux du film, Marilyn y susurre dans un français adorable « Mon coeur est à papa », en privé, son mariage avec Arthur Miller ne se relèvera pas de son « coup de foudre d'écolière » tel que Montand, en parfait goujat, qualifiera leur brève romance avant de rentrer à Paris.
Un Rodin dans le salon
L'épisode semble éloigner la France de Marilyn qui, en divorçant de Miller, déserte la côte Atlantique pour s'établir à nouveau à Los Angeles. C'est à Brentwood qu'elle achète en mars 1962 une hacienda de style espagnol qu'elle entreprend de rénover dans le plus pur style mexicain. Sans oublier toutefois d'équiper sa cuisine de casseroles en cuivre estampillées « Bazar de Paris » ou de décorer son salon quasi nu d'un bronze de Rodin, « La Main de Dieu », un achat d'impulsion à plus d'un millier de dollars.
Le 26 février 1959, au consulat de France à New York,
Marilyn reçoit l'Etoile de Cristal décernée par l'Académie française du cinéma
des mains de son président Georges Auric, en présence du consul, Raymond Laporte (à gauche).
© PAUL SLADE/PARISMATCH/SCOOP
Lorsqu'elle s'avance le 19 mai 1962, sur la scène du Madison Square Garden pour entonner « Happy Birthday » à John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Marilyn entre dans l'histoire du XXe siècle. Impossible pour l'assistance qui la regarde scintiller sous les projecteurs dans une robe de sirène, d'imaginer que dans trois mois elle succombera à une overdose de barbituriques. Tous ignorent également que cette robe hallucinante, portée pour son ultime apparition, est composée de gaze de soie grège (venue de France !) rehaussée de 2.500 cristaux cousus à la main. Et que son créateur, Jean-Louis Berthault, ancien chef costumier de la Columbia puis d'Universal Pictures désormais à son compte, était Français, né à Paris et sorti diplômé de l'Ecole des Arts décoratifs à la fin des années 1930.
Marilyn Monroe Estate, un business juteux
Lorsqu'elle meurt à 36 ans, en 1962, Marilyn Monroe laisse un testament dont les principaux bénéficiaires sont sa mère Gladys, sa demi-soeur Berniece, sa secrétaire May Reis et son professeur d'art dramatique Lee Strasberg. Une phrase va cependant permettre à ce dernier de rafler le vrai trésor caché de la succession. En plus de lui attribuer 75 % de la propriété intellectuelle qu'elle détenait sur certains de ses films qu'elle avait coproduits, à la clause 4 du document, l'actrice a en effet indiqué : « Je lègue tous mes effets personnels et vêtements à Lee Strasberg, mon souhait étant qu'il répartisse ces derniers comme bon lui semble entre mes amis, mes confrères et ceux à qui je tiens. » Lee va bien vider intégralement l'appartement de New York et la maison de Brentwood de la star. Mais, au mépris de la volonté exprimée, les milliers d'articles vont être stockés dans d'immenses garde-meubles new-yorkais et ne seront jamais redistribués aux proches et collègues de Marilyn. En 1982, Lee Strasberg meurt à son tour et sa seconde épouse, Anna Strasberg, qui n'a jamais connu l'actrice, hérite des biens et droits de la star. Elle charge l'homme d'affaires californien Roger Richman d'exploiter le nom et l'image de la star. Il développe la marque Marilyn Monroe de 1983 à 1995 en signant des contrats lucratifs, notamment avec les magasins Bloomingdale's. Mais, en 1996, Anna Strasberg remercie Richman et confie le Marilyn Monroe Estate à CMG Worldwide, qui règne sur le business des stars disparues et multiplie les contrats de licence.
En 1999, Anna Strasberg confie à Christie's le soin d'organiser la vente aux enchères des effets personnels de Marilyn. La vente du siècle permet à la veuve d'empocher un total de 13,4 millions de dollars, dont plus de 1,2 million pour la célèbre robe brodée de sequins du « Happy Birthday » à JFK.
Après une belle opération avec Le Seuil en 2010, à qui elle confie le soin de publier un recueil de textes et poèmes tirés des archives de Marilyn, Anna Strasberg cède en 2011 ses droits de propriété intellectuels liés à la star au groupe Authentic Brands pour un montant non communiqué estimé entre 20 et 30 millions de dollars.
Après les pièces nobles (costumes, robes griffées, scénarios annotés, mobilier, fourrures et bijoux), Anna Strasberg disperse régulièrement ce qu'il lui reste des effets personnels de Marilyn (dont une montagne de paperasse comptable) dans des ventes aux enchères. Spécialiste de la « memorabilia », la maison Julien's Auctions de Beverly Hills organise ainsi chaque été une vente intitulée « Hollywood Legends » où tout ce qu'a un jour touché Marilyn s'envole à prix d'or. Toaster, tube de rouge à lèvres et casse-noisettes inclus. La prochaine vente se tient ces 15 et 18 juillet (*) et offre aux collectionneurs (ou investisseurs) la possibilité de remporter, entre autres, un chèque signé en 1952 par Marilyn à la pharmacie Schwab's (estimé entre 3.000 et 5.000 dollars), une note manuscrite de dix lignes adressée à Lee Strasberg (estimation 6.000-8.000 dollars) ou encore un carreau de faïence issu de la salle de bains de la dernière demeure de la star (estimation 1.000-2.000 dollars).
(*) www.julienslive.com
Marilyn et la France, les occasions ratées
Francophile dans l'âme, Marilyn Monroe n'aura jamais foulé le sol français.
En juillet 1956, lorsqu'elle quitte les Etats-Unis pour l'Europe, c'est pour tourner en Angleterre « Le Prince et la Danseuse », adaptation d'une pièce de Terence Rattigan dont elle a acquis les droits, confiant la réalisation et le rôle principal à ses côtés à Laurence Olivier. Elle se promet de suivre son époux, Arthur Miller, qui doit faire un saut à Paris rencontrer Yves Montand et Simone Signoret qui adaptent « Les Sorcières de Salem ». Mais la mésentente entre Marilyn et Laurence Olivier plombe le tournage qui s'enlise à Londres, Miller ira seul à Paris.
Le 7 mars 1958, Simone Noir de chez Christian Dior pense savoir que Marilyn Monroe s'apprête à venir à Paris. Elle adresse un courrier à l'actrice lui indiquant qu'elle se réjouit de sa venue et qu'elle espère que Marilyn se rendra à la boutique Dior en dépit de son planning chargé. Naturellement, « nous pouvons venir vous montrer des modèles à votre hôtel », précise-t-elle, en joignant une liste de prix. Marilyn ne se rendra pourtant jamais au 30 avenue Montaigne. Et pour cause, invitée en avril 1958 par l'Académie française du cinéma à se voir décerner à Paris l'Etoile de Cristal de la meilleure interprète étrangère, elle recevra in fine son trophée le 26 février 1959… au consulat français de New York des mains du compositeur Georges Auric, venu pour l'occasion.
Quant au Festival de Cannes, s'il convie très officiellement Marilyn Monroe dès 1955 en s'adressant à son attaché de presse Rupert Allan puis à son associé Milton H. Greene, malgré tous les efforts déployés, chacune de ses tentatives fut hélas infructueuse.
En 1960, c'est Joséphine Baker, présidente du gala de l'Union des artistes, qui convie Marilyn à exécuter « devant le Tout-Paris » un numéro de cirque « insolite » à l'occasion du 30e anniversaire du gala. « Vous savez combien Paris vous aime et combien les acteurs français seraient fiers de vous accueillir », précise-t-elle dans sa lettre en français adressée au « Beverly Hills Hotel ». Sa destinataire notera sur un mémo en réponse son regret de ne pouvoir participer à l'événement le 4 mars 1960 pour cause de tournage d'un film. Marilyn en dompteuse, acrobate ou meneuse de revue sur la piste du Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione ? La France aurait en effet adoré.
Les objets personnels de Marilyn ont la cote
1. La robe « Happy Birthday à JFK » : 4,81 millions de dollars lors de sa seconde vente, le 17 novembre 2016, par Julien's.
2. Une bague platine et diamants offerte par Joe DiMaggio (qu'elle épousa en 1954) : 772.500 dollars chez Christie's.
3. Son piano d'enfance : 662.500 dollars chez Christie's.
4. Une robe portée dans « La Rivière sans retour » : 526.000 dollars chez Julien's.
5. Une lettre adressée par Joe DiMaggio en 1952 : 525.000 dollars chez Christie's.
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Icons and Idols: Hollywood - 11/2017 - Julien's Auction
Photographies diverses
Lot 129: VINTAGE PUBLICITY IMAGES
A group of 15 vintage publicity images of Hollywood celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth (whose name has been written on the photograph), and Shirley Temple. Accompanied by an envelope of news clippings and other ephemera primarily related to Monroe.
Estimate: $200 - $400 | Winning Bid: $256 
Lot 130: MARILYN MONROE NEGATIVE, CIRCA 1947
A black and white negative of Marilyn Monroe, believed to have been taken on the Fox Studios back lot set by Joseph Jasgur, circa 1947. Accompanied by a black and white photograph recently printed from this negative.
Estimate: $500 - $1,000 | Winning Bid: $640 
Lot 141: MARILYN MONROE MILTON GREENE SILKSCREEN PRINT
A limited edition silkscreen print of a Milton Greene photograph of Marilyn Monroe, taken during the famed "Black Sitting" photo session in New York in 1956. Printed later. Signed by the artist in pencil lower right, “AP” lower left.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 | Winning Bid: $1,280 
Lot 142: MARILYN MONROE BERT STERN PHOTOGRAPH
A photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken in 1962 by Bert Stern during “The Last Sitting.” The black and white image was printed and signed by the artist in 1994; it is numbered on the photographer's stamp 91/5000. Stern wrote in the lower margin “Marilyn 1962 Bert Stern.”
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 | Winning Bid: $1,600 
Lot 145: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY MANFRED KREINER
A black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Manfred Kreiner. The image shows Monroe walking onto a photo set and is marked with red pencil. Photographer’s stamp on verso (multiple times) with handwritten notation in red pencil. Accompanied by a small typed message written in German regarding Monroe and this photograph.
Estimate: $600 - $800 | Winning Bid: $448 
Lot 146: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY MANFRED KREINER
A black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Manfred Kreiner. The image shows Monroe descending an airplane staircase and has been scribbled on in red ink. Photographer’s stamp on verso with handwritten notation in pencil and the words “Kill Kill” in red ink. “Kill” here refers to the fact that Monroe did not want this image published. Accompanied by a small typed message written in German by Kreiner regarding Monroe and this photograph.
Estimate: $600 - $800 | Winning Bid: $640 
Lot 147: MARILYN MONROE ORIGINAL CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS
A group of three original never before seen original color photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken on May 30, 1958, as she exited her apartment at 444 East 57th Street in New York City. Just three days prior, Monroe was photographed by Richard Avedon for Life magazine.
PROVENANCE Lot 755, "Marilyn Monroe Auction," Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles, November 17, 2016
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 | Winning Bid: $1,024 
Lot 156: SOME LIKE IT HOT BEHIND-THE-SCENES SLIDES WITH COPYRIGHT
A group of 23 original color slides taken on the set of Some Like It Hot (United Artists, 1959) sold with copyright to the images. The slides include approximately eight images of Marilyn Monroe and five of Tony Curtis, among others on and around the set of the film, including Coronado Beach.
While the seller confirms that this property is sold with copyright, Julien’s can accept no liability in relation to any matters arising as a result of any imperfection of copyright given.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 | Winning Bid: $1280 
Lot 159: MARILYN MONROE PRINT BY RUSSELL YOUNG (BRITISH, 1959)
A screenprint on paper titled “Marilyn in Korea (Pink + Midori Blue)” by Russell Young, signed by the artist at lower right and numbered 10/50. Additionally marked in pencil on verso in an unknown hand “56105/ 12.”
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 | unsold 
Photographies Bruno Bernard
Lot 134: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO BERNARD
A black and white pin-up photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Bruno Bernard, circa 1946. According to the book Marilyn: Intimate Exposures by Susan Bernard “Marilyn said to Mr. Bernard ‘Can you take some sexy pictures of me?’ and he replied ‘But Norma, you are the girl next door.” Estate signed at lower right and numbered 1/90.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Bruno Bernard
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000 | unsold 
Lot 135: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO BERNARD
A black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Bruno Bernard, circa 1946, titled “Norma Jean Sailor Girl.” This is a seldom seen outtake photograph from a shoot intended for magazine cover images. Estate signed at lower right and numbered 5/50.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Bruno Bernard
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,200 | unsold 
Lot 136: MARIYLN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO BERNARD
A black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Bruno Bernard in 1953. This photograph was taken of Monroe backstage at the Hollywood Bowl for an appearance benefiting St. Jude’s. Monroe wore a costume from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (20th Century, 1953). Estate signed at lower right and numbered 6/90.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Bruno Bernard
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 | unsold 
Lot 137: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO BERNARD
A black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Bruno Bernard in 1953. This photograph was taken of Monroe backstage at the Hollywood Bowl deciding what message to describe on a guest wall at a charity event benefiting St. Jude’s. This image was never published and comes from a contact sheet of artist’s proofs. Estate signed at lower right and numbered 6/90.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Bruno Bernard
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 | Winning Bid: $2,560
Lot 138: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO BERNARD
A color photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Bruno Bernard in 1954. The photograph shows Monroe on the set of The Seven Year Itch (20th Century, 1955) having her makeup applied by Whitey Snyder. According to the book Marilyn: Intimate Exposures by Susan Bernard, Snyder stated that this is the only color photograph of himself and Monroe that he had ever seen. Estate signed at lower right and numbered 5/50.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Bruno Bernard
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 | Winning Bid: $1,920 
Lot 139: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO BERNARD
A color photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Bruno Bernard in 1954. The photograph shows Monroe in a screening room at the 20th Century Fox studios wearing her iconic white dress from the film The Seven Year Itch (20th Century, 1955). Estate signed at lower right and numbered 14/50.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Bruno Bernard
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000 | Winning Bid: $3,437.50 
Lot 140: MARILYN MONROE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO BERNARD
An original vintage black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken by Bruno Bernard on the set of The Seven Year Itch (20th Century, 1955) and signed by Bernard on verso “Bernard of Hollywood.” Housed in a Bernard of Hollywood vintage photograph folder.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Bruno Bernard
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 | unsold 
Vêtements & Accessoires
Lot 143: MARILYN MONROE WORN BLACK COLOBUS COAT
A mid-1940s black colobus coat worn by Marilyn Monroe to the 1948 film premiere of The Emperor Waltz (Paramount, 1948). The coat has broad shoulders, a cordé collar, a satin lining, and a Jerrold's Van Nuys, Calif. label. Although the black colobus is currently on the endangered species list, it was quite fashionable in the 1940s. Monroe wrote in a letter to Grace Goddard dated December 3, 1944, "I found out that its [sic] possible to buy a Gold Coast Monkey Coat. I shall write to you about it later." The coat was gifted from Monroe to Jacquita M. Rigoni (Warren), who was the great-niece to Anne Karger, mother of Monroe's voice coach, Freddie Karger. Monroe had a close relationship with the family, and the coat has remained in their possession. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Jacqui Rigoni detailing the family's relationship to Monroe and the history of the coat.
The monkey species used to make this Marilyn Monroe monkey fur coat is on the Endangered Species list. U.S. Endangered Species Act regulations required by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service impose certain regulations on the sale of this coat. Please read the following carefully:
Please read the following carefully: The Marilyn Monroe monkey fur coat may be sold to a resident of California without requiring a Federal permit. A non-California resident may bid on this coat and if he or she were the winning bidder could apply for a Federal permit to remove the coat from the state of California. Julien’s has been advised that a Federal permit would likely be REFUSED by the governing offices. It is vehemently advised that non-residents of California DO NOT bid on this Marilyn Monroe owned monkey fur coat. If you bid on this lot and are unable to obtain a permit Julien’s has no liability and will be unable to refund you for your purchase.
A California resident who purchases this coat and later moves from California to another state would not be required to obtain a permit if he or she maintained ownership of the coat when changing state of residence. However, the owner would need to make sure there are no state regulations prohibiting the transfer of the coat from one state to another.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 | Winning Bid: $32,000 
Lot 144: MARILYN MONROE FAN FROM THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL
A vintage lace fan used by Marilyn Monroe in the film The Prince and the Showgirl (Warner Bros., 1957). The folding hand fan is used by Monroe in the ballroom scene in the film. The frame and guard are embellished with floral motif carvings embellished with pink, blue, and gold-metallic paint. The accompanying letter from the consignor explains that the fan was gifted by Monroe to William Louis George Le Brun, known as Louis Le Brun in the film industry, who was the Chief Production Accountant for Warner Bros. in the United Kingdom. When Monroe was taken ill while filming, Le Brun, who was responsible for overseeing the distribution of all finances, which involved the insurance and wellbeing of the cast and production team, stayed by her side. As a thank-you, Monroe gave him this fan, or more specifically gave the fan to his wife as an apology for keeping Le Brun from his family. At the time the fan was received several of the fan blades were broken, presumed to be from use during filming. The fan has remained in the possession of the Le Brun family since the gift was made by Monroe.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 | Winning Bid: $10,000 
Lot 149: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE MINI PINECONE TREE GIFTED FROM JOE DIMAGGIO TO MARILYN MONROE
A mini brown wire form holiday tree made of pinecones and other tree items, dusted with glitter. Wrapped in a black tulle base. The tree was purportedly a gift from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe one Christmas when he discovered that she did not have a tree to celebrate the holidays.
Height, 23 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 246, "Marilyn Monroe: Property from The Estate of Lee Strasberg," Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles, November 17-19, 2016
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 | Winning Bid: $7,500 
Lot 150: MARILYN MONROE ROCOCO STYLE COFFEE TABLE
A carved wood coffee table with canted edges and inset parchment top.
PROVENANCE Lot 558, "Marilyn Monroe: Property from The Estate of Lee Strasberg," Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles, November 17-19, 2016
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 | Winning Bid: $2,880 
Lot 151: MARILYN MONROE FLOWER SWAG
Gold tone wirework floral wall ornament, with enameled blue and purple flowers formed from Australian pennies dated 1942. Two leaves and one flower detached.
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 456, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27-28, 1999
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 | unsold 
Lot 153: MARILYN MONROE MIRROR
A small handheld sterling silver mirror accompanied by a handwritten note reading in full on the recto: “11/1/00/ This make-up mirror was owned/ by Marilyn Monroe. It was left in/ her 57 St Apart-/ ment when she/ moved to California./ The super of/ the building/ ”liberated” it.’ Hopefully, you/ will find a good/ home for it!/ Thanks./ Terry Seymour (212) 777-0157” as well as “Mrs. S:/ will write thank you/ letter when donate it”; on the verso is “Super’s daughter used it/ a few years. T. Seymour/ in real estate, were (sic)/ selling MM apartment a few/ years ago./ Super gave it to her./ Super said/ MM bought it in/ London, used it/ a lot at home./ I thanked her and said/ you would like to/ donate it to Hollygrove.”
Approximate diameter, 7 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 224, “Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe,” Julien’s Auctions, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 | Winning Bid: $1,920 
Lot 154: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE ABSTRACT PARCEL GILT FAN
A folding paper Japanese hand fan with abstract parcel gilt decoration.
15 1/2 by 24 1/2 by 2 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 244, "Marilyn Monroe: Property from The Estate of Lee Strasberg," Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles, November 17-19, 2016
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 | Winning Bid: $1,024 
Documents papiers
Lot 131: MARILYN MONROE RECEIVED LETTER FROM UNCLE ART
A double-sided two-page letter written to Marilyn Monroe from "Uncle Art," who was a relative of Monroe's foster mother, Grace Goddard. The letter reads in part "So glad you are making satisfactory progress in school. I advise that you be particularly diligent in the cultural subjects...sad is the fate of the young woman who has not the ambition to so model and mold her language and conduct as to have [illegible] herself to the point where she can mingle with cultured people inconspicuously." The letter is written on International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania, stationery, undated and signed "Devotedly Yours, Uncle Art."
PROVENANCE Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, Sale number 94, October 21, 1973
Estimate: $500 - $1,000 | Winning Bid: $640 
Lot 133: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED CHECK TO JAX
A Marilyn Monroe completed and signed Jax counter check in the amount of $63.83; address is listed as the Beverly Carlton Hotel. Monroe did not fill in the date; the check is stamped on verso May 12, 1952.
Estimate: $500 - $1,000 | Winning Bid: $640 
Lot 148: MARILYN MONROE 1954 SIGNED CHECK
A counter check fully completed and signed by Marilyn Monroe. The check is dated October 11, 1954, to The Christian Community in the amount of $50.00. On October 6, 1954, Monroe announced her separation from then-husband Joe DiMaggio.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 | Winning Bid: $4,480 
Lot 152: MARILYN MONROE SKIN CARE REGIME INSTRUCTIONS
A typed instruction sheet dated June 11, 1958, for Marilyn Monroe’s skin care regime from the Erno Laszlo Institute. The instructions are for morning care of skin, evening “ ’if’ dressing” for formal occasions, and in the evening before retiring. The sheet also includes a list of foods not to eat.
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 334, "Marilyn Monroe: Property from The Estate of Lee Strasberg," Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles, November 17-19, 2016
Estimate: $400 - $600 | Winning Bid: $3,840 
Lot 155: MARILYN MONROE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S SCRIPT AND REPORT
A clean copy of the screenplay for Breakfast at Tiffany's written by George Axelrod and dated July 9, 1959. Monroe was considering the part, and she sought the opinions of her professional team including the Strasbergs, her husband, and management team. The script is accompanied by a single-page, typed "report" dated September 23, 1959, which also has the name "Parone" typed to the left of the date. Literary luminary Edward Parone was at the time running Monroe's production company and most likely is the one who wrote this single-page, scathing review of the script, leading with the simple sentence, "I think not." It goes on to criticize the screenplay, determining, "I can see Marilyn playing a part like Holly and even giving this present one all the elan it badly needs, but I don't feel she should play it: it lacks insight and warmth and reality and importance." It has been long reported that Monroe declined the part upon the advice of Lee Strasberg, but this document provides further evidence that other people in her inner circle advised her not to take the role. Together with a four-page shooting schedule for November 4, 1960, for the film.
PROVENANCE Lot 441, "Marilyn Monroe: Property from The Estate of Lee Strasberg," Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles, November 17-19, 2016
Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000 | Winning Bid: $12,500 
Lot 160: JOHN F. KENNEDY 1962 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION PROGRAM
A program from President John F. Kennedy's birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden, New York, in 1962. The program, with "Happy Birthday Mr. President" and an image of Kennedy on the cover, lists the entertainers of the evening: Marilyn Monroe - who sang her now-famous rendition of "Happy Birthday" to Kennedy, Ella Fitzgerald, Maria Callas, Henry Fonda, Peggy Lee, and Danny Kaye, among others.
Estimate: $600 - $800 | Winning Bid: $1,600 
Medical
Lot 157: MARILYN MONROE PELVIC X-RAY
A Marilyn Monroe pelvic X-ray dated November 9, 1954. Information ghost printed in the upper right of the X-ray reads "Cedars of Lebanon Hospital/ Drs. E. Freedman and S. Finck/ Name Di Maggio, Mrs. Marilyn/ No. 50612 Date 11-9-54/ Ref. By Dr. L. Krohn." Dr. Leon Krohn was Monroe’s gynecologist.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 | Winning Bid: $3,840 
Lot 158: MARILYN MONROE MEDICAL FILE
A medical file pertaining to cosmetic surgery performed on Marilyn Monroe. The file includes facial X-rays and doctors' notes from the office of Dr. Michael Gurdin, M.D., and the X-ray office of Drs. Conti and Steinberg. Dr. Gurdin's chart on Monroe begins on July 14, 1958, and lists the patient as Marilyn Miller with addresses in New York and Los Angeles. The chief complaint listed is "chin deformity" and goes on to give a medical history that begins in 1950 and ends in 1962. Listed are a 1956 bout of neutropenia in England; 1957 ectopic pregnancy in New York; and 1950 cartilage implant in chin that the doctor observed had slowly begun to dissolve. Those with knowledge of the implant procedure have explained that this was done in association with a tip rhinoplasty, a procedure involving the tip of Monroe's nose only, not the bones. The last entry is dated June 7, 1962, and reports a fall at between 2 and 3 a.m. resulting in swelling and tenderness of the nose. Monroe was brought to Dr. Gurdin by her psychoanalyst, Dr. Ralph Greenson. Monroe was referred to Drs. Conti and Steinberg for X-rays. For her visit to the radiologists she was given the alias "Miss Joan Newman," and that name appears on the paperwork with Monroe's Brentwood home address. Six X-rays are in the folder: a frontal facial bones X-ray; a smaller X-ray that is a composite of the right and left sides of her nasal bones; and four small dental X-rays into the roof of Monroe's mouth, looking upward toward the nasal bones. The conclusion, written by Dr. Conti and dated June 7, 1962, is that there was no damage to Monroe's nose due to her fall. A more recent evaluation of the X-rays indicates a very minute hairline fracture of this bone. Monroe had turned 36 less than a week earlier. On June 8, the following day, Monroe was fired from the film Something's Got to Give (20th Century Fox, 1962).
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 | unsold 
Presse
Lot 132: PLAYBOY MAGAZINE FIRST ISSUE SIGNED BY HUGH HEFNER
An original first issue of Playboy magazine (HMH Publishing, 1953) featuring Marilyn Monroe on the cover and signed by Hugh Hefner. The magazine, which launched in December 1953, sold for 50 cents a copy. Housed in a protective plastic case.
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 | Winning Bid: $12,800 
Art
Lot 198: AL HIRSCHFELD ABE HIRSCHFELD PRINT
A print of Al Hirschfeld’s "Abe Hirschfeld and Friends" caricature commissioned by Abe Hirschfeld in 1988. The image shows Abe surrounded by Shirley MacLaine, Luciano Pavarotti, Michael Jackson, Jackie Mason, Anthony Quinn, Donald Trump, Barbra Streisand, Carol Channing, Jackie Onassis, Jackie Gleason, Elvis Presley, and Marilyn Monroe. With a faded inscription that reads "To Mary [illegible] With appreciation from all of us Abe Hirschfeld."
Estimate: $100 - $300 | Winning Bid: $1,600
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Marilyn Monroe Auction - 11/2016 - docs papiers 3
Documents papiers - Santé
Papers documents - Health
Lot 134: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED CHECK
A check written entirely in Monroe's hand, in blue ink, dated January 18, 1951, and paid to Dr. A. Gottesman, in the amount of $100. The check is drawn on Monroe's Bank of America account. Monroe lists her address as the Beverly Carlton Hotel.
3 by 8 inches
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 
Lot 176: MARILYN MONROE FREE ASSOCIATION NOTES
Four pages torn from an Italian agenda, dating between 1955 and 1956. It is believed that the pages correspond to Monroe's work with Dr. Hohenberg in which she began practicing self-analysis and working on her repressed memories. The notations in pencil jump from one topic to the next, wandering around the physical pages themselves and even passing from one page to the next and then back again. It is difficult to follow, but the topics include examining her childhood need to lie to her teacher, her physical insecurities, self-conscious thoughts of what others think of her drinking, speculation that "Peter" is capable of violence and possibly gay as well as a touching passage about Arthur Miller: "I am so concerned/ about protecting Arthur/ I love him-and he is the/ only person-human being I have/ ever known that I could love not only/ as a man to which I am attracted to practically/ out of my senses about-but he is the only/ person-as another human being that I trust as/ much as myself-because when I do trust my-/ self (about certain things) I do fully, and I/ do about him also." Another revealing passage reads in part, "… fear to touch my own body/ after Buddy (I started to write Bad instead of Buddy-/ slip in writing?)/ because A.I. punished me/ with fear and whipped me-/ ‘The bad part of my body’ she said-/ must never touch myself/ there or let anyone." It is believed that "A.I." refers to Aunt Ida Martin, a foster mother who punished Monroe as a child, possibly after a sexual abuse incident, with the "Buddy" mentioned here.
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 89-101. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
6 1/2 by 4 1/8 inches
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
Lot 189: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTE
A handwritten note on unlined paper, annotated “for Kris,” dated September 9, most likely used as a reminder for Monroe to discuss the noted issue with her psychoanalyst, Dr. Marianne Kris. The note reads "Remember, somehow, how Mother always tried to get me to 'go out' as though she felt I were too unadventurous. She wanted me even to show a cruelty toward woman [sic]. This in my teens. In return, I showed her that I was faithful to her. Also written on the note is the passage “Jane’s 10th Birthday on 7th same year,” obviously regarding Jane Miller, Arthur Miller’s daughter, who was born on September 7."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 156-157. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 by 5 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 204: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO DR. HOHENBERG
A single sheet of lined paper from a six-ring agenda, with a draft of a letter written, on two sides, to Monroe's psychoanalyst, Dr. Hohenberg, 1956. The letter skips through many topics and references Monroe's difficulties in breaking ties with her former acting coach, Natasha Lytess, and her optimism in beginning to work with Paula Strasberg. She is also buoyant in her mention of Arthur Miller, stating, "Arthur writes me every day-at/ least it gives me air to/ breathe-I can't get used to the fact/ that he loves me and I keep waiting/ for him to stop loving me-though I/ hope he never will-but I keep telling/ myself-who knows?"
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 202-203. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
6 3/4 by 3 3/4 inches
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 
Lot 205: MARILYN MONROE TYPED LETTER TO DR. RALPH GREENSON
A vintage file copy of a six-page typed letter from Monroe to Dr. Ralph Greenson, the California-based psychiatrist who treated Monroe in the period leading up to her death. This deeply emotional letter, dated March 2, 1961, was written while Monroe was staying at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for three weeks of recuperation following her stay at New York’s Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic. The letter is done as a stream of conscious recollection of Payne Whitney.
Passages in the letter include:
“There was no empathy at Payne-Whitney — it had a very bad effect — they asked me after putting me in a 'cell' (I mean cement blocks and all) for very disturbed depressed patients (except I felt I was in some kind of prison for a crime I hadn’t committed. The inhumanity there I found archaic. They asked me why I wasn’t happy there (everything was under lock and key; things like electric lights, dresser drawers, bathrooms, closets, bars concealed on the windows — the doors have windows so patients can be visible all the time, also, the violence and markings still remain on the walls from former patients). I answered: 'Well, I’d have to be nuts if I like it here.'"
“I sat on the bed trying to figure if I was given this situation in an acting improvisation what would I do. So I figured, it’s a squeaky wheel that gets the grease. I admit it was a loud squeak but I got the idea from a movie I made once called Don’t Bother to Knock. I picked up a light-weight chair and slammed it, and it was hard to do because I had never broken anything in my life — against the glass intentionally. It took a lot of banging to get even a small piece of glass – so I went over with the glass concealed in my hand and sat quietly on the bed waiting for them to come in. They did, and I said to them 'If you are going to treat me like a nut I’ll act like a nut.' I admit the next thing is corny but I really did it in the movie except it was with a razor blade. I indicated if they didn’t let me out I would harm myself — the furthest thing from my mind at that moment since you know Dr. Greenson I’m an actress and would never intentionally mark or mar myself. I’m just that vain.”
The letter also takes several sentimental turns with Monroe fondly referencing Joe DiMaggio and Yves Montand. Monroe closed the letter with “I think I had better stop because you have other things to do but thanks for listening for a while. Marilyn M.”
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 207-213. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 
Lot 206: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN INTERVIEW NOTES
Three unlined oversize pages containing answers to a reporter's interview questions in preparation for a press interview. She writes her numbered responses in blue ink and pencil. Answer number 11 explains her stay at the Payne Whitney clinic, writing, "Payne Whitney gives me a pain/ It was obviously an error of judgment to place me in Payne Whit. and the doctor/ who recommended realized it and tried to rectify it. What my condition warranted/ was the rest and care I got [at] Presbyterian Hospital." Number 19 states, "[M]y sleep depends on my state of satisfaction and that varies with my life-my dreams/ are too intimate to be revealed in public/ My nightmare is the H Bomb."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments : Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 217-223. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
15 3/4 by 11 inches
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 
Lot 346: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED SCHWAB'S CHEECK
A check written entirely in Monroe's hand, in blue ink, dated April 10, 1952, and paid to Schwab's Pharmacy, in the amount of $10. The check is drawn on Monroe's Bank of America account. Monroe lists her address as the Beverly Carlton Hotel.
2 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 
Lot 347: MARILYN MONROE HEALTH CARD
A Blue Cross insurance card for Monroe provided through the S.A.G. Welfare Plan. The effective date of the plan is January 1, 1961, for Monroe.
3 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 350: MARILYN MONROE PHARMACY STATEMENT AND INVOICE
A handwritten itemized listing of goods sold to "Mrs. Arthur Miller" by Pollock-Bailey Pharmacists in New York City between October 1-30, 1959, totaling $220.58. Together with a follow-up statement in the same amount dated December 1, 1959. The items purchased include Revlon lotion, ACE bandage, vitamin B1 tablets, styptic pencils, bedpan, Revlon eyeliner, Revlon eye shadow, nasal jelly, and shadow stick, among other items.
11 by 5 3/4 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 916: MARILYN MONROE PRESCRIPTION RECEIPT
A pink carbon receipt for Mrs. Arthur Miller from the Fairfax Drug Company, dated “10/15/1958” in the amount of $17.68. The receipt lists Marilyn Monroe's address as the Bel Air Hotel.
4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $200 - $400 
Lot 988: MARILYN MONROE PHARMACY RECEIPT
A receipt from Vicente Pharmacy to Marilyn Monroe for RX 19329 totaling $7.75, dated "6-8-62." Receipt number 12542.
7 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 992: MARILYN MONROE RECEIPT AND LETTERS
A Marilyn Monroe receipt from Vicente Pharmacy dated June 18, 1962, in the amount of $9.40 for two prescriptions. Accompanied by a letter addressed to Milton Greene dated October 10, 1955, in an unknown hand, regarding expenses for a Marilyn Monroe dress; and a letter typed on hotel stationery by May Reis regarding a check for Paula Strasberg dated September 23, 1960.
Largest, 10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 993: MARILYN MONROE PHARMACY RECEIPT
A receipt from Vicente Pharmacy for "M. Monroe" from April 16, 1962, for two medications including a sleep aid. The amount totals $4.01.
7 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Documents papiers - Finances, Dépenses diverses
Papers documents - Finances, Various Spendings
Lot 71: MARILYN MONROE FINAL CHECKBOOK 1962
Dated February 2, 1962, this vinyl covered; wire bound checkbook was for Marilyn Monroe’s personal account at Irving Trust Company in New York City, labeled “MM Personal” on the cover. The checkbook covers Monroe’s New York expenses from February 2 through August 31, 1962, check numbers 2102 through 2251, and offers a fascinating look at her expenses during the final year of her life.
Recipients of payments from Monroe’s personal account during her final six months include Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, the Mexican Government Tourist Bureau, Flatiron Window Cleaning Company, Hedda Rosten, New York Telephone Company, J. Ricky - for “face treatments,” Lena Pepitone, Hattie Stephenson, Empire State Drycleaners and Hand Launderers, Century Furniture Repairs, Exec-U-Car Service, Globe-Star Travel Service, Pollock-Bailey Pharmacists, Marie Irvine - make-up for special appearance at Madison Square Garden, Sutton Wines & Liquors, Madison Avenue Florist, New York State Income Tax Bureau, Department of Labor, and State Unemployment Insurance Fund, among others.
The final check from this checkbook written while Monroe was alive was to Hattie Stephenson, Monroe’s East Coast housekeeper, on August 3, 1962. Checkbook activity resumed on August 10, through August 31, 1962, with payments made to Stephenson and Hedda Rosten.
Several Marilyn Monroe signed checks are included, some actually written in Monroe’s own hand, with her signature having been ripped from the check so it could not be cashed. However, in some cases the remnants of Monroe’s signature are still present, as the complete signature was not torn away from the check.
7 1/2 by 8 3/4 inches
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Lee Strasberg
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 
Lot 72: MARILYN MONROE COMPLETE 1962 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
An extraordinarily detailed record of Monroe's financial transactions via prepared report statements reflecting the activities in Monroe's bank accounts at City National Bank and Irving Trust Company from January 1, 1962, to August 3, 1962, 99 pages total. The monthly statement reports include all "withholds," receipts, and disbursements broken down by type of expense for each account. Of particular interest is the state of Monroe's accounts at the time of her death, including a balance of $1,337.53 in her City National Bank account on August 1, 1962, with an overdraft of $4,208.34 in the same account on August 3, 1962. The Irving Trust Account shows a balance of $1,472.41 on August 1, 1962, and a balance of $111.71 on August 3, 1962.
The January 1962 statement includes a charge for "Household-Miscellaneous/ Jan. 30 Southdown Kennel - N.Y./ "Maf" board - 8/3 to 12/17 $330.00" and income from Some Like It Hot reported as $100,000.00 and from The Misfits as $150,000.00 against which Monroe paid a total of $45,000.00 in federal taxes. The March 1962 statement lists a total of $2,459.43 in beauty expenses, including hairdressing, cosmeticians, skin treatments, hair coloring, manicures and supplies. The May 1962 statement has a separate expense category titled "New York Birthday Salute to the President" with expenses listed as "May 18 New York's Birthday Salute to the President $5,000.00/ May 16 Hazel Washington - come to NY for above - business maid, plane fare, expenses, salary $1,000.00." The same statement lists a $300 deposit with Western Costume Company and the June 1962 statement lists a payment of $1,140.33 to Western Costume Company as "balance on gown." Payments made to Dr. Ralph Greenson during the period of these statements total $8,450. The statements also show a great number of meals coded as "Entertainment" at Chip's Steak House and La Scala.
The statements are accompanied by a file copy of a typed, unsigned letter, dated September 6, 1962, from Monroe's secretary, Cherie Redmond, who prepared the statements, to secretary Inez Melson, who requested the statements. Together with five additional pages prepared by Redmond listing all outstanding checks drawn on both accounts as well as those not honored by the bank as of August 15, 1962. The lot includes another file copy of a typed, unsigned letter from Melson to attorney Aaron R. Frosch dated September 11, 1962, that accompanied the same monthly statements sent by Melson for purposes of preparing Monroe's final tax filings and for probate purposes. This two-page letter discusses measures taken to maintain the security of Monroe's Brentwood, California, property on Helena Drive and is accompanied by a seven-page report prepared by Melson giving greater detail regarding all of the outstanding checks and bills due with explanations of each payment, including what it was for and to whom it was made.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Lee Strasberg
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 99: MARILYN MONROE 1952 SIGNED CHECK TO HER MOTHER
An oversized counter check dated July 25, 1952, completed fully in Monroe’s own hand, written to Mrs. Gladys P. Eley in the amount of $150.00. The check has been endorsed by Monroe’s mother and is signed “Mrs. Gladys P. Eley.” Monroe has given her address at the time this check was written as “Hotel Bel Air, L.A. Calif.” This is an exceptionally rare document containing both Monroe’s signature as well as her mother's. The check also documents the fact that Monroe began to help her mother financially at the earliest stages of her career.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 104: MARILYN MONROE 1952 SIGNED CHECK TO GRACE GODDARD
An oversized counter check dated April 26, 1952, completed fully in Monroe’s hand, written to Grace Goddard in the amount of $50.00 and signed by Goddard on the reverse with a handwritten address of 6707 Odessa Avenue, Van Nuys, Calif. Goddard was significant in Monroe’s early life and formative years and even became her legal guardian. Monroe lived with the Goddard family off and on over the years, and it was Goddard who arranged her marriage to James Dougherty in 1942 when she was just 16 years old.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 133: MARILYN MONROE AUTOMOBILE INVOICE
A customer copy of an invoice from Beverly Motor Co. of Beverly Hills dated July 1, 1950. The invoice is for a new 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Deluxe sedan coupe sold to "Miss Marilyn Monroe," address "1301 N. Harper Ave. Los Angeles, 46, Calif." The car had some optional equipment and accessories and totaled $2,729.69 including delivery and tax charges. This is most likely Monroe's first new car.
8 by 9 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 157: MARILYN MONROE FINANCIAL LEDGER 1953-1955
A comprehensive financial ledger documenting presumably every Marilyn Monroe financial transaction from January 1953 through March 1955. The hardbound ledger contains handwritten entries, all of which are presumed to have been made by Monroe’s business manager, Inez Melson, covering in great detail Monroe’s cash received and disbursed, assets and liabilities, capital, income, expenses, and general financial transactions for the years in which Monroe completed Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, River of No Return, and There’s No Business Like Show Business. This is an incredible look at Monroe’s finances during the years she was propelled to stardom as she completed some of her most famous films.
7 3/4 by 11 3/4 inches
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 
Lot 158: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED CHECK TO ANN KARGER
A check written entirely in Monroe's hand, in blue pen, dated May 12, 1952, and paid to Anne Karger, in the amount of $16. The check is drawn on Monroe's Bank of America account, with normal cancellation stamps and also endorsed on verso by Karger. Karger was the mother of Fred Karger, one of Monroe's early vocal coaches and also one of her first loves. Monroe remained quite close to Anne Karger and, according to reports, valued her as a mother figure.
2 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 167: MARILYN MONROE BILL FOR THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL
A two-page itemized invoice for Monroe's stay during her 35th birthday, May 30 through June 5, 1961, at Bungalow B1 A/B at The Beverly Hills Hotel, together with envelope addressed to "Miss Monroe." The balance owed as of June 5, 1961, totals $3,734.93 and includes charges for not only the room but television rental, tips, limo drivers and other fees. The invoice does list a charge noted as "limo driver" in the amount of $55 on her birthday.
6 3/4 by 6 1/8 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 168: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED CHECK
A Marilyn Monroe Productions canceled bank check dated May 6, 1960, in the amount of $1,423.20, written to The Beverly Hills Hotel, signed by Marilyn Monroe. The check is additionally annotated "Bungalow 16, (Room 204 W.E. 5/1/60)."
3 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 
Lot 213: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED CHECK IN GREEN INK
A check written entirely in Monroe's hand, in green ink, dated July 2, 1952, and paid to Vic Massy [sic], in the amount of $50. The check is drawn on Monroe's Bank of America account. Vic Masi was a friend of Joe DiMaggio's. Monroe and DiMaggio were friendly with the Masis during their relationship.
2 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 217: MARILYN MONROE RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENT DOCUMENTS
A typed statement of receipts and disbursements for Monroe for the period January 1, 1955, through March 17, 1955. Monroe’s starting bank balance was $1,800.55, and her ending balance was $3,530.55. The document clarifies deposits, disbursements, and accounts payable. Payees of note include Schwab’s Pharmacy, the IRS, Screen Actors Guild, Saks Fifth Avenue, Rockhaven Sanitarium, Twentieth Century Fox “Old Cafe,” and Rosalee Conover for “Partial payment on settlement of damage at 508 N. Palm Drive, Beverly Hills,” which was the address of the home Marilyn shared with Joe DiMaggio following their January 1954 marriage.
Estimate: $800 - $1,000 
Lot 311: MARILYN MONROE AND ARTHUR MILLER 1959 FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN
A 1959 federal income tax return for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, including Form 1040, Schedule C, and Form 1116, together with five typed pages documenting income for Monroe and Miller, along with business expenses and deductions, contributions, taxes paid, medical expenses, and other items. These documents show that the combined income for Monroe and Miller for 1959 was $323,453.00, of which $103,362.50 was income from royalties for Miller’s plays, including Death Of A Salesman, The Crucible, and A View from the Bridge, among others. The Millers were required to write a check to the Internal Revenue Service for $30,338.55, the balance due for taxes on their income. Monroe’s marriage to Miller ended in 1961.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 327: MARILYN MONROE UNUSED CHECKBOOK
An unused vinyl covered spiral-bound checkbook for Monroe’s personal East Coast account at Irving Trust Company in New York City.
7 1/2 by 8 3/4 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 351: MARILYN MONROE LIQUOR RECEIPTS
Two carbon copy receipts, the first from the Jurgensen's grocery liquor department for a bottle of Cutty Sark dated January 27, 1960, sold to Marilyn Monroe at The Beverly Hills Hotel, the second from Mac's Liquors in Beverly Hills listing caviar as well as three bottles of hard alcohol signed by Monroe's housekeeper, Hazel Washington, dated February 5, 1960. Together with a handwritten invoice for the month of June 1958 from Sutton Wines and Liquors in New York City.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 353: MARILYN MONROE CHAMPAGNE RECEIPT
A carbon copy receipt from the Jurgensen's grocery liquor department, Beverly Hills, listing an order for 12 splits of Piper Heidsieck Champagne, for a total of $26.21. The receipt, dated December 2, 1959, lists a delivery date of "Thurs AM" to Marilyn Monroe at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Bungalow 21.
8 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 358: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED LIQUOR LOCKER CHECK
A check written entirely in Monroe's hand, in blue pen, dated September 29, 1955, and paid to the "Liquor Locker" in the amount of $14.20. The check is drawn on Monroe's Bank of America account, Sunset & Laurel branch, and has normal cancellation stamps. A small notation in the lower left of the check reads simply "Gift," and Monroe has written her address as "508 N. Palm Drive."
2 3/4 by 6 1/4 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 429: MARILYN MONROE COFFEE RECEIPT
A simple restaurant receipt with secretarial writing recording the items as coffee, tea and milk for a total of $2.03 and Monroe's name recorded at the bottom for accounting purposes. The undated receipt is a small record of one moment in Monroe's life.
3 by 2 1/4 inches
Estimate: $80 - $120 
Lot 438: MARILYN MONROE UNUSED CHECKBOOK
A hardcover wire bound checkbook for Monroe’s account at City National Bank in Beverly Hills, California. While there are no handwritten annotations in the checkbook, several checks are missing. One hundred and ninety-seven personalized checks remain in the book, with “Marilyn Monroe” printed twice on each check.
9 1/2 by 14 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 473: MARILYN MONROE CHECKBOOK AUGUST 8,1960 – JANUARY 27, 1961
A cardboard covered wire bound checkbook for Monroe’s account at Irving Trust Company in New York City. The cover is incorrectly labeled as being from the “Colonial Trust Company,” 4/30/58 – 7/31/59. The checkbook covers Monroe’s expenses from August 8, 1960, to January 27, 1961, with check numbers 1253 through 1483, offering a fascinating look at Monroe’s expenses in 1960 and 1961.
Recipients of payments from Monroe’s personal account during this period include The Mapes Hotel in the Nevada hotel (where Monroe and Arthur Miller stayed while filming The Misfits ), Erno Laszlo Institute, Paula Strasberg, Ralph Roberts, I. Magnin + Co., Dorr Optical Co., Beverly Pets, Arthur P. Jacobs Co., Beverly Hills Hotel, West Side Hospital, Ferragamo, Jurgensen’s Grocery, Hollywood Reporter, AvisRent-A-Car System, Bergdorf Goodman, Carey Cadillac Rending Co., Yankee Traders, Variety, Riverside Flower Shop, Marilyn Monroe Productions, Hattie Stephenson, Ralph Greenson, M.D., Modern Auto Rental, T. Anthony - luggage, La Scala Restaurant, Schwab’s Pharmacy, New York Telephone Company, J. Ricky, Screen Actors Guild, Lee Siegel, M.D., Leonard H. Schuyler, M.D., Bloomingdale’s, Flatiron Window Cleaning Co., Jax Beverly Hills, Inc., Martindale’s Bookstore, Plaza Hotel, Louis Finger, M.D., Rexford Kennamer, M.D., Berkley Square Cleaners, Sutton Wines and Liquors, Beverly Hills Music Co., MCA Artists Ltd., Marianne Kris, M.D., Actors Studio Inc. - contribution, Agnes M. Flanagan, Mrs. Michael Chekhov, Rudolph J. Kautsky, Evelyn Moriarty, Allan Snyder, Hazel Washington, Gucci, Patricia Newcomb, Maximilian Fur Company, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Norman Norell Inc., and Western Costume Co., among others.
9 3/4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Lot 475: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED TAX FORM
A Form 1096 tax form from the U.S. Treasury Department Internal Revenue Service dated 1960 and addressed to Marilyn Monroe Productions in New York, signed in black ink "Marilyn Monroe."
3 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 
Lot 513: MARILYN MONROE CHECKBOOK SEPTEMBER 9, 1960 – FEBRUARY 20, 1961
A cardboard covered black plastic comb bound checkbook for an unspecified Marilyn Monroe account, presumably Irving Trust Company in New York City based on similar payees named in other checkbooks.
Recipients of payments from this Monroe checking account include May Reis, Hedda Rosten, The Mapes Hotel in Nevada (where Marilyn and then husband Arthur Miller stayed while filming The Misfits), New York Telephone Company, La Scala Restaurant, Holiday Hotel, New York State Income Tax Bureau and Department of Labor, California Department of Employment, Beverly Hills Hotel, Ralph Roberts, MCA Artists Ltd., Internal Revenue Service, and Marilyn Monroe Productions. Christmas bonuses for Rosten and Reis are also annotated in this checkbook.
9 1/2 14 1/2 inches
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 
Lot 532: MARILYN MONROE RECORD RECEIPT
A receipt from Raf's Record Bar on South Beverly Drive, dated February 25, 1960. The receipt is in the name of Miss Marilyn Monroe at The Beverly Hills Hotel and is signed by Monroe's assistant, Hazel Washington. The records purchased are noted as Frank Sinatra's "Come Back to Sorrento," "Swing Lovers" and "Swing Affair."
8 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $100 - $150 
Lot 533: MARILYN MONROE RECORD ALBUM MEMO
A pink credit memo from Sam Goody music store at 250 W. 49th St. in New York City. The memo is dated April 9, 1962, and has an accompanying note addressed to Cherie Redmond, one of Monroe's secretaries, stating that Monroe was charged twice when she bought only one copy of the record. The item that she was double charged for is listed as SWBO 1569, which is the Capitol Records catalog number for the double LP set Judy At Carnegie Hall - Judy in Person. This Judy Garland performance took place April 23, 1961, and the album spent 13 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts and won four GRAMMY Awards.
8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 601: MARILYN MONROE CHECKBOOK SEPTEMBER 25, 1961 – FEBRUARY 23, 1962
A vinyl covered wire bound checkbook for Monroe’s personal account at Irving Trust Company in New York City, annotated “MM Personal” on the cover. The checkbook covers Monroe’s New York expenses from September 25, 1961 through February 23, 1962, with check numbers 1802 through 1951, offering a fascinating look at Monroe’s expenses as she entered the final year of her life.
Recipients of payments from her personal account during this period include Taft Garage - RR car storage, Bloomingdale’s, Hammacher Schlemmer, Hattie Stephenson, Arthur P. Jacobs, Lena Pepitone, RCA Services - for 1 year contract, Ralph Roberts, Elizabeth Arden Beverly Hills, Mrs. Jane Zigler - rent-Calif. Apt, Schwab’s Pharmacy, Maximilian Fur Company - fur storage, Anna’s Housewares, I. Magnin + Co., Beverly Hills Call Board - answering serv., A. Fitz + Sons, Berkley Sq. Cleaners, Saks Fifth Avenue Beverly Hills, Ralph Greenson, Harold Tribune Fresh Air Fund, Internal Revenue Service, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Jax - Manhattan, Jurgensen’s Grocery, New York Telephone Company, Malone Studio Service, Erno Laszlo Institute, Beverly Hills Flowers, Abercrombie + Fitch, Bedford Prescription Pharmacy, Hyman Engelberg, M.D., Pioneer Hardware, Screen Actors Guild, Philip R. Reuben, M.D., and Edward J. Simons, M.D. among others.
Interestingly, a typed reconciliation of Monroe’s account, stapled to the inside of the checkbook, indicates that she was overdrawn by $991.41 on December 31, 1961. Several Marilyn Monroe signed checks are included with her signature having been ripped from the check so it couldn’t be cashed. However, in one case, the remnants of Monroe’s signature are still present.
7 1/2 by 8 3/4 inches
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 
Lot 824: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED CHECK
A Marilyn Monroe handwritten and signed check. The check is written from an account with Bank of America, Laurel/Sunset branch, in the amount of $15.00, dated October 29, 1951, and paid to J.J. Haggarty Stores, Inc. The information is handwritten aside from the establishment's name, which is stamped. The check is endorsed by the store on verso with an additional note that reads “Reg Patron.”
3 1/4 by 8 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 841: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED 1953 CHECK
A Marilyn Monroe handwritten and signed check from a Bank of America Los Angeles account, dated March 21, 1953, in the amount of $50.00 paid to Mr. John R. Tilley. The check is housed in a frame with an image of Monroe taken by Cecil Beaton, said to be her favorite photograph of herself.
14 3/4 by 22 inches, framed
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 900: MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS BANK STATEMENT
A Colonial Trust Company bank statement for Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. for December 1959 showing the balances throughout the month. The account had $56,503.35 on December 1st and $65,838.55 on December 31.
10 by 6 1/4 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 904: MARILYN MONROE AND ARTHUR MILLER CHECK
An unwritten check from Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller's joint account at The First National City Bank of New York. The check is numbered 44 on the top right and still has the attached ledger on the left.
2 3/4 by 8 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 142, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe and Other Collections," Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles, California, June 4, 2005
Estimate: $150 - $300 
Lot 907: MARILYN MONROE RECEIPT FOR STATIONERY
A receipt from A. Webster & Company in London, England, addressed to Mrs. Arthur Miller and dated August 8, 1956. The receipt is for note paper and envelopes totaling £6.76. Together with a receipt for the check dated September 12, 1956, to Mrs. Arthur Miller. Marilyn Monroe was in London at the time shooting Prince and the Showgirl (Warner Bros., 1957).
6 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 987: MARILYN MONROE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
A group of four documents relating to Marilyn Monroe's finances: a memo from Monroe's attorney Mickey Rudin typed on Gang, Tyre, Rudin & Brown memo stationery dated July 9, 1962, regarding a deposit slip from City National Bank in the amount of $4,000, accompanied by a carbon duplicate of the deposit slip dated July 6, 1962; a carbon copy of a letter written by Monroe's secretary to City National Bank; and a carbon of a deposit slip from City National Bank for a mail deposit made on May 8, 1962, in the amount of $23.47. Also present is a blank City National Bank change of address card.
Largest, 11 by 8 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 977, "Icons & Idols: Hollywood," Julien's, Beverly Hills, December 5, 2014
Ex-Collection Lois Banner
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 990: MARILYN MONROE DELIVERY RECEIPT
A delivery receipt from Abbey Rents for a lamp delivered to "Miss M. Monroe" on May 17, 1962. The total amount including tax is $71.92.
8 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $200 - $400 
Lot 991: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTE
A Marilyn Monroe handwritten note to her secretary. A typed message from her secretary reads “Is this to be held or check issued?” Monroe responded in green ballpoint ink, “I have to check something about it.” The note is signed either “M” or a quick partial “Marilyn.” Housed in a frame with a color image of Monroe.
23 1/2 by 16 1/2 inches, framed
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Documents papiers - Maison
Papers documents - Home
Lot 109: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED HAMMACHER SCHLEMMER RECEIPT
An original Hammacher Schlemmer receipt, addressed to Mrs. Arthur Miller, 444 E. 57 St., NYC, dated July 9, 1959, for the purchase of “Herbs and Spices” and “The Gold Cook Book,” hand signed “Mrs. A Miller.” During this period, Marilyn’s husband, Arthur Miller, was finalizing his screenplay for The Misfits.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 
Lot 282: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED RECEIPT
A receipt from Bloomingdales for a black leather and Rosewood lounge chair and matching ottoman on March 31 (no year listed) to be delivered to Marilyn Monroe at 444 East 57th Street with notation reading "Please Rush." Receipt is signed in blue ink "Marilyn Miller."
7 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 283: MARILYN MONROE JAPANESE SCREEN PAPERWORK
An invoice from Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, for lot 409 from sale number 1861, December 4-5, 1958, for a "6 fold screen" in the amount of $1081.50. The invoice is addressed to Monroe's secretary "Miss Mary [sic] Reis for Mrs. Arthur Miller" at 444 East 57th Street." Together with a letter addressed to May Reis concerning the sale of the screen in October 1959 to Marsden J. Perry for $750. Perry was the son of a prominent Rhode Island collector.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 284: MARILYN MONROE INTERIOR DESIGN DRAWING
A pencil on paper rendering of an elaborately carved headboard, together with accompanying letter from Daniel Lavezzo of Lavezzo Inc. Antiques of New York City dated March 4, 1958. The letter is addressed to Mrs. A. Miller of 444 East 57th Street and describes the proposed custom piece as "... carved wood frame. Finished with sterling silver antiqued, upholstered back." The quote for the job is $1,200.
10 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 285: MARILYN MONROE FABRIC SAMPLES AND PAPERWORK
A large group of documents, including four customs and import forms, one in duplicate, from Eagle Star and American Express Company regarding the import and customs clearance of 70 meters of Italian silk satin. Together with four letters from Filippo Haas & Figli of Italy regarding the purchase of the material, two small fabric samples attached to cards of the fabric purchased, and four file copies of messages from Monroe's secretary regarding payment and purchase of the fabric.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 286: MARILYN MONROE INTERIOR DESIGN DOCUMENTS
A proposal sent to Normal Norell from Thomas DeAngelis Inc. for Mrs. A. Miller's bedroom. The proposal gives estimates to custom upholster a settee, headboard, bedspread, pillows and box spring drop using the fabric ordered by Norell from Italy, samples of which are included in the previous lot. The estimate is accompanied by six invoices from De Angelis, an invoice from Scalamandré Silks, and an invoice with Scalamandré silk fabric sample.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 287: MARILYN MONROE INTERIOR DESIGN DRAWING
A letter from Amelia Wilcox of Earnshaw Inc. that accompanied photographs and sketches of potential pieces of furniture for Monroe's review. The letter, dated September 12, 1961, is addressed to Mr. John Moore, the fashion designer who at one time worked with Norman Norell and Mattie Talmack. Other documents show that Norell was also assisting Monroe with the interior decoration of her New York apartment. The letter is accompanied by an original pencil and gouache on card painting of a coffee table with attached information sheet.
Painting, 5 by 7 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 288: MARILYN MONROE NEW YORK APARTMENT DECORATING DOCUMENTS
A group of three invoices dating from February and March 1958 from Oskar Barshak Interiors, New York, for a variety of improvements made to Monroe's 444 East 57th Street apartment. Together with four account statements listing a total of $7,262.07 in charges for the work.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 289: MARILYN MONROE CARPET CARE DOCUMENTS
A group of five invoices dating from June 6, 1958, to November 14, 1958, from Renofab, Colonial Carpet Corporation and Chambers-Eaton Co. of New York for various carpet cleanings and treatments, including reburling of cigarette burn, steel combing, shearing of stained areas, and application of Karpet Kare with moth proofing. Together with Karpet Kare proposal form for dining room, living room, bedrooms and hallway of the apartment Monroe shared with Arthur Miller at 444 East 57th Street.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 290: MARILYN MONROE NEW YORK APARTMENT PAINTING DOCUMENTS
An unsigned file copy of a letter from Monroe dated November 1961 to the management company of 444 East 57th Street regarding the painting of her apartment, with a response from the management company. Together with three detailed invoices from Roth Painting Co. and Don Adame painting, each with a detailed accounting of painting work performed in the apartment in March 1958 together with two handwritten documents listing additional painting work.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 291: MARILYN MONROE INTERIOR DESIGN DRAWING AND PHOTOGRAPHS
An original pencil on paper sketch of a steel finish table prepared by Earnshaw Incorporated of Madison Avenue. The drawing is accompanied by four additional photographs of potential coffee table options with attached information cards also sent by Earnshaw.
Largest, 8 by 10 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 292: MARILYN MONROE CUSTOM FRENCH FURNITURE PAPERWORK
A series of documents including eight pages of customs and import forms from foreign freight company Inter-Maritime Forwarding Co. Inc. and customs agent A. & G. Valcke & Co. regarding the import of a custom set of three lacquered nesting tables from French designer Leleu. The forms are accompanied by three letters from Leleu addressed to Mrs. Arthur Miller at 444 East 57th Street regarding the order and expressing his pleasure at knowing one of his pieces will be in her home and offering further design services. The group also includes two invoices for the tables from Leleu, one in triplicate, in the amount of $300, two file copies of communications sent to Leleu regarding the order, and a brochure from Leleu showcasing his work.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 293: MARILYN MONROE INTERIOR DESIGN INVOICES
A large group of documents detailing custom beveled mirror wall panels installed in Monroe’s 444 E. 57th Street apartment in New York City. The documents include two diagrams of wall installations with accompanying job quote dated March 28, 1958; a file copy of a letter dated April 1, 1958, from Monroe's secretary giving approval to begin work on the job quoted at $669.50; an invoice in this amount dated "4/10/58"; an additional invoice in triplicate for a 22 by 72 1/2-inch mirror dated March 18, 1958 in the amount of $49.44; a handwritten invoice in the same amount; and a letter from a competing contractor who quoted $826 for the same mirrored wall panel job.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 515: MARILYN MONROE INVOICE FOR OIL PAINTINGS
An original invoice dated February 24, 1962, from the Galeria Bryna in Mexico listing three paintings purchased by Monroe for her home on Fifth Helena Drive. The paintings are listed as a Nude oil on Masonite by Rogelio Hermosilla Rembrud, "Window" oil on canvas by Olga Mendez, and "Thistles" oil on canvas by Nova Taylor for a total of $850. The invoice is accompanied by an original shipping form from the gallery. All three of these paintings were hanging in Monroe's home at the time of her death.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 516: MARILYN MONROE ART COLLECTION PAPERWORK
A group of documents regarding works of fine art purchased by Monroe. The papers include the original certificate issued by the Musee Rodin in Paris, November 17, 1960, for a bronze work titled "L' Emprise," inventory number 236 A. The certificate is issued to the Edgardo Acosta Gallery in Beverly Hills, California, which staged an exhibition of Rodin's work in March 1962, when Monroe purchased the sculpture. Together with a letter from Edgardo Acosta, a gallery receipt listing the sculpture as well as an oil painting by Poucette titled "Le Taureau," and a handwritten payment receipt dated May 5, 1962, in the amount of $962 for both works.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 518: MARILYN MONROE POTENTIAL HOME LISTING
An original letter from John E. Holland of the Charles F. Noyes Real Estate Company dated October 18, 1961, addressed to Miss Marilyn Monroe, 444 East 57th Street, New York, "Attention: Miss Marjorie Stengel" (Monroe's secretary). The letter reads in part, "[L]ast summer Mr. Ballard of our office, and I showed you the house at the corner of 57th Street and Sutton Place and Mr. Arthur Krim's house on Riverview Terrace. I spoke to Miss Stengel yesterday and told her of a house which we have just gotten listed for sale at 241 East 61st Street. She asked me to send you the particulars on this house as she thought you might be interested in it. I am enclosing our setup. ... The garden duplex apartment is now occupied by the owner and would be available to a purchaser for occupancy. You may possibly have been in this apartment as Miss Kim Novak ... just moved out in September. Before that it was occupied by Prince Aly Khan." The letter is accompanied by the setup sheet listing the details of the property as well as the price of $200,000.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 519: MARILYN MONROE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS FOR 61st STREET MANHATTAN PROPERTY
An original letter from John E. Holland of the Charles F. Noyes Real Estate Company dated November 15, 1961, addressed to Miss Marjorie Stengel, Monroe’s secretary, at Marilyn Monroe Productions, Incorporated, 444 East 57th Street, New York, stating, “I am enclosing herewith Photostats which I had made of the drawings adding a stairway which would include all or half of the third floor with the duplex garden apartments. These sketches may be somewhat confusing, but I could easily explain them if you would like to have me do so,” together with six Photostat copies of original architectural drawings for the redesign of an apartment located at 241 East 61st Street in New York. The drawings go into great detail as to the redesign of the apartment, with space for an art studio and specific notes stating, “This could be another bedroom or boudoir, or health studio with 'massage' table, 'chaise lounge,' private living room…or…with numerous 'closets.'”
Interestingly, these architectural drawings from November 1961 imply that Monroe was considering relocating from the home she shared with husband Arthur Miller on East 57th Street to a three-story apartment on East 61st Street. Monroe and Miller divorced earlier in 1961. Even more interesting is the fact that, as Monroe considered a new apartment in New York City near the end of 1961, she made an offer on January 12, 1962, on a house in Brentwood, California. She moved into 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood in March 1962.
Estimate: $700 - $900 
Documents papiers - Divers
Papers documents - Various
Lot 120: MARILYN MONROE JURGENSEN’S GROCERIES RECEIPT
A receipt from Jurgensen’s Groceries for food delivered to Monroe at The Beverly Hills Hotel, Bungalow 51. Dated March 2, 1960, the receipt was for a container of lard and a package of bacon. Monroe was filming Let’s Make Love at this time.
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 188: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN TO-DO LIST
A single page of lined paper from a Steno notebook with notes in pencil on recto and pen on verso. The notes reference a wide range of people in Marilyn Monroe's life including dress designer Ceil Chapman, Paula and Lee Strasberg, designer John Moore, publicist Arthur Jacobs, business partner Milton Greene, analyst Dr. Hohenberg, and press agent Lois Weber.
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 154-155. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 3/4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 198: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN TO-DO LIST AND MENU
A single page of lined paper from a Steno notebook with extensive notes in pencil on both sides, heavily creased in multiple places. The front contains a long list of things Monroe needed to buy for a household as well as household things to do: "dry clean comforter/ have wash-bathroom rugs/ send out laundry" among other things. The other side has a proposed menu and guest list for a dinner party most likely dating to 1955 or 1956. The dinner menu even included items needed for the bar, including "buy - champagne? at least some kind of wine with dinner, liquor-scotch-gin-vermouth."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 176-179. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 3/4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 
Lot 199: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN STUFFING RECIPE
A single page torn from a notepad from the City Title Insurance Company of San Francisco with a recipe for stuffing, written entirely in Monroe’s hand. The recipe calls for a loaf of French bread with a note above reading "sourdough." The verso of page offers instructions for roasting a chicken or turkey with reminder that poultry cooks "30 min to 1 lbs."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 180-183. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
6 1/4 by 4 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 269: MARILYN MONROE ARTHUR MILLER HANDWRITTEN BOOK DEDICATION TO MARILYN MONROE
A single piece of lined paper torn from a spiral-bound notebook, heavily stained, containing a notation in Miller's hand reading "This book is being written out of the courage, the widened view of life, the awareness of love and beauty, given to me by my love, my wife-to-be, my Marilyn. I bless her for this gift, and I write it so that she may have from me the only unique thing I know how to make. I bless her, I owe her the discovery of my soul." Although the note is undated, Miller refers to Marilyn Monroe as his wife to be, indicating that it was written prior to their marriage on June 29, 1956. Although this dedication did not appear in any of Miller's books it was possibly intended to be used in A View from the Bridge, which Miller was rewriting as a two-act play during his courtship with Monroe. Because Miller was not officially divorced until June 1956 it is possible that the dedication was not used due to timing.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 270: MARILYN MONROE CORRESPONDENCE WITH XENIA CHEKHOV
A single-page typed, unsigned file copy of a letter dated December 19, 1958, to "Mrs. Chekhov" reading "My husband and I were so happy with the pictures you sent us of Mr. Chekhov. We will treasure them forever./ I am not able to shop for Christmas, as you may already know I have lost the baby, so I would like you to use this check as my Christmas greetings with all my most affectionate good wishes./ My husband sends you his warmest regards." The letter is accompanied by Xenia Chekhov's response written on a notecard dated January 10, 1959, reading in part, "[Y]our personal sad news affected me very much and I could not find the courage to write you sooner. All my warmest feelings of sympathy go out to you and Mr. Miller." This is a deeply personal note with an acknowledgement of a miscarriage in Monroe's own words.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 272: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN SIGNED CHECK TO BOOKSTORE
A check written entirely in Monroe's hand, in blue ink, dated August 20, 1955, and paid to Martindale Books, in the amount of $2. Monroe has filled out the blank counter check listing her address as "508 N. Palm Dr."
2 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 273: MARILYN MONROE BOOKSTORE RECEIPTS
An assortment of receipts from seven different bookstores: including: Doubleday Book Shop, Beekman Place Bookshop, and E. Weyhe Inc., all of New York City, and Wepplo's Book Store, Lee Freeson, Martindale's Book Stores and Hunter's Books, all of Los Angeles. Titles include The Great Gatsby; Van Gogh's Great Period; I , Rachel; An Encyclopedia of Gardening; Hi - Lo's - Love Nest; a book listed simply as "Yves Montand," among others. The receipts are dated 1958 and 1960, and the receipt from Hunter's Books includes a pink carbon copy.
Largest, 10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 275: MARILYN MONROE ARTHUR MILLER TYPEWRITER RENTAL RECEIPT
A receipt from the Beverly Hills Typewriter Shop dated September 1, 1960, addressed to Mr. Arthur Miller, Room 356, Beverly Hills Hotel, for rental of an Olympia typewriter. Marilyn Monroe was admitted to Westside Hospital in Los Angeles on August 29, needing a break from filming The Misfits in Nevada as she was suffering from exhaustion. Interesting to note that Miller attempted to write in his room at The Beverly Hills Hotel while his wife convalesced in a Los Angeles hospital.
Estimate: $150 - $250 
Lot 309: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTATION
A single page of typed lines comprising "City Ballad" with "(preferably with music)" written below. The lines are arranged in five stanzas. A note in pencil in Monroe's hand in the upper left corner of the page reads "I must stop staring out of the library window!"
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 
Lot 500: MARILYN MONROE PERSONAL STATIONERY
A large group of 50 sheets of stationery paper and 250 matching ivory envelopes in original packaging. The envelopes are contained in their original Strathmore box listing the paper as "Strathmore Bond 25% Cotton Fiber Ivory Laid" made by the Old Colony Envelope Company. The box originally contained 500 envelopes and now contains 250 "Marilyn Monroe" blind embossed envelopes. Together with 50 sheets of matching stationery paper still in the original brown paper bag, each sheet with "Marilyn Monroe" blind embossed in the now iconic font. Together with a file copy of a letter dated April 18, 1962, addressed to Hedda (Rosten) from Cherie (Redmond), Monroe's friend and secretary in New York City and Monroe's secretary in Los Angeles, respectively. The letter instructs Hedda to order more stationery for Monroe from the Chase Press at 247 Park Avenue in New York, "... if the information under 'Stationery' in the telephone book is right." Redmond continues, "I would think about 250 sheets and envelopes would suffice for sometime, but usually it costs very little more to get 500 of each... (I just has a call from Pat Newcomb for 50 sheets of each and that doesn't leave much more on hand in case she again asks me for that amount." The box of envelopes included in this lot is half full and indeed was a box of 500, quite possibly the very order mentioned in this letter written less than four months before Monroe's death.
9 by 6 inches
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 
Lot 501: MARILYN MONROE PERSONAL STATIONERY
Five sheets of custom ivory stationery with five matching envelopes, each personalized with a simple "Marilyn Monroe" blind stamp.
9 by 6 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 
Lot 502: MARILYN MONROE PERSONAL STATIONERY
A single sheet of custom ivory stationery with a matching envelope, each blind embossed simply "Marilyn Monroe."
9 by 6 inches
Estimate: $500 - $700 
Lot 503: MARILYN MONROE INVOICE FOR STATIONERY
An invoice from Chase Press Inc. printers, engravers and stationers on Park Avenue in New York City dated March 31, 1958. The invoice lists "500 pieces of note size letter heads 6 x 9 engr. Blank" and "500 6 3/4 engr. Envelopes flap," each at a cost of $12.50 for a total of $25.75 with tax. Together with a statement of account as of the same date in the same amount and a past due notice dated April 30, 1958, for the same bill.
Largest, 6 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 504: MARILYN MONROE STATIONERY
A single sheet of custom stationery with personalized embossed name at top reading "Mrs. Arthur Miller" in black. Together with four sheets of Arthur Miller's stationery paper reading "Arthur Miller" at the top of each page.
Smaller, 8 by 6 inches
Estimate: $500 - $700 
Lot 506: MARILYN MONROE NOTEPAD
A blank notepad from Parkside House, Englefield Green, in Surrey, England, with 29 pages and loose paper cover. Parkside House is where Monroe and then husband Arthur Miller stayed while Monroe was filming The Prince and the Showgirl . Some of the notes included in the book Fragments were written on pages from this pad.
7 by 5 1/4 inches
Estimate: $150 - $250 
Lot 845: MARILYN MONROE IDENTIFICATION CARD SIGNED "NORMA JEANE DiMAGGIO"
A Marilyn Monroe signed United States Department of Defense Noncombatant’s Certificate of Identity. The card is signed “Norma Jeane DiMaggio” and countersigned by the issuing officer. It is additionally marked “Void.” Monroe’s fingerprints are stamped on the back of the card, but no other information has been entered. It is well known that Monroe was issued an official Department of Defense identification card dated February 8, 1954, with a card serial number of 129278. This card’s serial number is 129279. The same issuing officer signed this card as well as Monroe's official ID card. Monroe visited Korea to entertain the troops while on her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio in February 1954.
2 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches
Estimate: $15,000 - $30,000 
Lot 848: MARILYN MONROE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERFORMER ID CARD
A Marilyn Monroe signed United States Department of Defense Identification Card used in 1954 while in Korea. The card is issued to Norma Jeane DiMaggio, her position listed as “USO Entertainer,” and the card is dated February 8, 1954, serial number 129278, with a black and white photograph of Monroe in the upper left corner. Monroe signed the card in blue ink “Norma Jeane DiMaggio.” It is additionally signed by the issuing officer. Monroe’s fingerprints have been stamped on the back of the card and her descriptive information typed. In 2008, an almost identical card was sold at auction; however, that card did not list Monroe’s position. Both that card and this have the same serial number. Novelty cards replicating this card have been produced but entirely in black and white.
2 1/2 by 4 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 849: MARILYN MONROE HOTEL RECEIPT
A receipt from the Beverly Hills Hotel for "Dimaggio Mrs JP" for $576.59 accrued between March 15 and March 17, 1954. Marilyn Monroe had married Joe DiMaggio two months earlier, on January 14, 1954.
7 by 6 1/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 908: MARILYN MONROE PERSONAL STATIONERY
A sheet of Marilyn Monroe personal stationery with envelope. Both are unused and blind embossed "Marilyn Monroe."
9 by 6 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 994: MARILYN MONROE LIMOUSINE RECEIPT
A carbon copy of a receipt from Carey Cadillac Renting Co. of California to "M. Monroe" on "3/4/62" for $100. The charge was for a 14 1/2 hour use of a limousine. Ticket number 21076.
8 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 995: MARILYN MONROE AIRLINE TICKET RECEIPT
A Rand-Fields ticket service receipt addressed to Marilyn Monroe for a one-way first-class ticket from Los Angeles to New York purchased for "Mrs Lee Strasbourg" [sic] for $205.59, on July 30, 1962. The receipt was issued less than a week before Monroe's death.
6 3/4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 1004: MARILYN MONROE FUNERAL CARD
An original card from the funeral of Marilyn Monroe, held on Wednesday, August 8, 1962, at the Westwood Village Mortuary in Los Angeles. The front of the card bears an image of the Bok Singing Tower. The inside reads in part, "In Memory of/ Marilyn Monroe/ Born June 1st, 1926/ Passed Away/ August 5th, 1962,” and includes the details of her funeral service. Facing page is printed with Psalm 23. Accompanied by an information packet about the services for Monroe that includes the eulogy given by Lee Strasberg, a list of invited guests, and a letter to those not invited to the service. Inez Melson gave funeral card and accompanying packet to a friend, and it has remained with that family until this time.
Card, 5 1/2 by 3 1/4 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Marilyn Monroe Auction - 11/2016 - effets personnels 2
Maison, Meubles, Déco
House, Furnitures, Deco
Lot 582: MARILYN MONROE HOME RENOVATION NOTEBOOK
An extraordinary, blue cloth over board, "project management" three-ring binder kept by one of Monroe's assistants chronicling the purchase and ongoing renovation and decoration of her home located at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, California. The notebook begins with an information sheet and lot diagram as well as a typed renovation and additions budget for the property totaling $34,877.36 against a purchase price of $57,609.95. The book also contains four pages of phone numbers, including neighbors, utilities, friends, secretaries, and professional colleagues, dated January 20, 1962; a list of the appliances in the kitchen and their cost; three pages regarding furniture and shipments from Mexico; approximately 36 business cards from various contractors; approximately 28 pages of notes on various renovation projects and to-do lists; a page with notes regarding terracing and planting the hillside; seven drawings of exterior floor plan for possible apartment above the garage for a cook; three renderings of options for a table and another decorative element for the home; and a listing of bills due as of August 16, 1962. The last page of the book lists "Moet - Champagne vintage 1952/ et Chandon a Epernay/ Cuvee Dom Perignon - 13.88." The book lists dates that furniture is due to be delivered from various suppliers, many after Monroe's death, as well as dimensions of each room of the home for the purpose of ordering "white India" carpet. It also has estimates to have the pool resurfaced, water heater moved, fountain built, and laundry room and shower expanded for people using the pool as well as notes about decoration of a "play room," fabrication of a new gate, bars for windows, and shelving to be built, among many other things. The notebook makes it very clear that the home was a work in progress at the time of Monroe's death.
11 1/4 by 10 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 586: MARILYN MONROE DOCUMENTS REGARDING FURNISHING HER HOME
A group of invoices dating to February 28, 1962, from various Mexican boutiques listing the purchase of a great number of pieces of furniture and home furnishings, including enamel trays, benches, chairs, tables, and other pieces purchased in Mexico for Monroe's Fifth Helena Drive residence. Together with a two-page typed signed letter dated July 26, 1962, signed "Mura," giving a full report to Monroe's secretary Eunice Murray regarding her buying trip in Mexico and status of custom-ordered tin panels, fabric, rugs, iron fire screen, and tiles. The letter demonstrates the fact that Monroe was still quite actively working on her home at the time of her death.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 476: MARILYN MONROE SILVER STEELMASTER FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINET
A vintage filing cabinet marked "Steelmaster/ Art Steel Cabinet/ New York." The third drawer has a false front concealing a combination lock safe.
52 1/4 by 18 by 26 1/2 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 477: MARILYN MONROE BROWN DEVON FOUR-DRAWER FILING CABINET
A vintage filing cabinet marked "W.H. Harper Co./ Devon/ El Segundo." With a metal security rod attached by a padlock.
52 1/4 by 18 by 26 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 479: MARILYN MONROE FILE FOLDERS
Two blue Oxford file folders with tab tops and labels reading "MM - Personal" and "MM - Paid Bills - 1961." These are original folders as they were found in Monroe's filing cabinets.
9 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches
Estimate: $80 - $120 
Lot 3: MARILYN MONROE CURIO CABINET
A wood curio five-tier shelf from Marilyn Monroe's New York home, located at 444 East 57th Street, gifted to her friend and personal masseur, Ralph Roberts. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
31 by 13 ½ by 6 inches
PROVENANCE: Partial lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 539: MARILYN MONROE BARCELONA CHAIR
Vintage black button tufted leather and chrome frame. Unmarked.
29 1/2 by 29 1/4 by 30 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 540: MARILYN MONROE BUTLER TRAY ON FOLDING STAND
A metal and wood tray and stand.
24 by 31 by 22 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 541: MARILYN MONROE CORDUROY UPHOLSTERED CLUB CHAIR
With a loose seat cushion.
33 by 32 by 36 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 542: MARILYN MONROE TWO DECORATIVE METAL BENCHES
Including a loveseat with a silk tapestry cover and a single seat with a floral needlepoint pillow cover.
Larger, 29 by 53 by 17 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 543: MARILYN MONROE CANED CHAISE LOUNGE
With turned wood frame.
24 by 76 by 26 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 544: MARILYN MONROE CANED LOVESEAT
With a carved walnut frame and decorative back.
32 by 40 by 18 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 545: MARILYN MONROE THREE WICKER CHAIRS
Including a Heywood-Wakefield style armchair, a rocker with a caned seat, and a small barrel-back chair (damaged).
Largest, 39 by 25 by 20 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 546: MARILYN MONROE TWO VINTAGE SIDE CHAIRS
One with a caned seat and one with a woven seat (damaged).
Taller, 35 by 17 by 14 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 553: MARILYN MONROE VICTORIAN PAPIER MÂCHÉ CHAIR
With shell and mother of pearl inlay and a caned seat.
32 by 15 by 13 1/2 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 557: MARILYN MONROE ROCOCO STYLE BENCH
A carved wood and parcel gilt satin upholstered bench.
24 by 40 1/2 by 14 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 
Lot 558: MARILYN MONROE ROCOCO STYLE COFFEE TABLE
A carved wood coffee table with canted edges and inset parchment top.
19 by 46 by 38 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 
Lot 547: MARILYN MONROE BURLWOOD VENEER THREE-DRAWER DRESSER
With movable jewelry display trays inside the top drawer.
36 by 47 1/2 by 22 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 548: MARILYN MONROE BAKER CAMPAIGN DRESSER
A modern four-drawer dresser in a British 19th Century style, with brass mounted hardware.
22 by 62 by 19 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 549: MARILYN MONROE WOOD CHEST
A locked wood chest in a rococo style.
21 by 48 by 20 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 550: MARILYN MONROE WOVEN CHEST ON CASTERS
A woven hamper on wood casters. With interior painted decoration.
15 by 28 by 14 1/2 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 551: MARILYN MONROE CERAMIC PINK AND WHITE DOOR PANEL
With transfer printed rose decoration, together with two key-shaped items. Marked on the back "1960 BLD."
11 by 3 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 552: MARILYN MONROE HANDPAINTED WOODEN DOOR PANEL
With floral decoration and ivory crackle finish.
11 by 3 1/8 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 4: MARILYN MONROE OWNED LAMP BASE
A painted plaster chalkware lamp base in the image of a girl sitting by a tree from Marilyn Monroe's New York home, located at 444 East 57th Street, gifted to her friend and personal masseur, Ralph Roberts. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Height, 12 inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 10: MARILYN MONROE OWNED OIL LAMP BASE
An opaque glass oil lamp base from Marilyn Monroe's New York home, located at 444 East 57th Street, gifted to her friend and personal masseur, Ralph Roberts. In a letter to the consignor, Roberts states Monroe won the lamp at a country auction and used it as a flower vase, usually placed on a round table in front of a window looking toward the river. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Height, approximately 11 inches
PROVENANCE: Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 554: MARILYN MONROE CUT CRYSTAL PERFUME ETUI
With a sterling finial marked "Sterling."
Length, 4 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 555: MARILYN MONROE CUT CRYSTAL CHATELAINE ETUI
With a rim marked "Sterling." (Lacking lid.)
Length, 2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 244: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE ABSTRACT PARCEL GILT FAN
A folding paper Japanese hand fan with abstract parcel gilt decoration.
15 1/2 by 24 1/2 by 2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 245: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE JAPANESE PAINTED FAN
A folding paper hand fan featuring a peacock and pink flowering vines. In a frame under glass.
13 1/2 by 21 1/4 by 2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 559: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE BROWN SILK HANDPAINTED FAN
A folding hand fan featuring an 18th Century man and woman. With parcel gilt birds and floral decoration. (Glass lacking.)
18 by 27 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 560: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE HANDPAINTED FRENCH FAN
A white silk fan featuring a handpainted lady in a landscape, signed "A. Ravaux." (Glass broken.)
16 by 25 by 2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 566: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE BLACK PEACOCK FEATHER FAN
A folding feather hand fan with carved ebonized handle.
16 by 25 by 2 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 567: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE BLACK LACE FAN
A lace folding hand fan with gilt decoration. In a frame under glass.
13 1/2 by 21 1/4 by 2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 561: MARILYN MONROE RED FRAMED NEEDLEPOINT PICTURE
Featuring a bouquet of poppies. Marked "From D.M. Ferry/ 1926" lower right.
16 1/2 by 16 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 562: MARILYN MONROE GLASS COVERED WOODEN BREAKFAST TRAY
With a hand embroidered textile featuring a violet bouquet.
15 by 25 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 563: MARILYN MONROE RED NEEDLEPOINT PILLOW CUSHION
Red flowers on a black ground, in a later unassociated shadowbox frame.
19 3/4 by 19 3/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 564: MARILYN MONROE BLACK NEEDLEPOINT PILLOW CUSHION
Needlepoint with pink flowers on a black ground, in a later unassociated shadowbox frame.
19 3/4 by 19 3/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 565: MARILYN MONROE NEEDLEPOINT PIANO STOOL
An ebonized carved wood stool with opening top featuring a needlepoint upholstery of three red robins on a flowering tree branch.
19 1/4 by 19 1/4 by 14 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 505: MARILYN MONROE CALENDAR PENCIL HOLDER
A metal pencil holder cup imprinted with a calendar and having a leather swiveling cover.
Height, 4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 583: MARILYN MONROE PENCIL HOLDER
A vintage paper decorated tin pencil holder. The pencil holder can be seen on the coffee table of the sunroom in Monroe's Brentwood, California, home.
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 596: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE GENERAL ELECTRIC TELECHRON CLOCK
With faux wood pattern face and black hands. Model 2H103-S.
6 by 6 1/2 by 2 3/4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 597: MARILYN MONROE TABLE LAMP
A green and brass metal table lamp with electrical cord stripped in some places. No shade.
8 1/4 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 595: MARILYN MONROE COLORLESS CRYSTAL TEARDROP VASE
A vintage teardrop form bud vase.
Height, 10 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 599: MARILYN MONROE EDWARDIAN SILVERPLATED VASE
A double-handled urn-form vase marked "J.B." and "1937" on the base.
Height, 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800
Lot 952: MARILYN MONROE PRINT
A Marilyn Monroe owned untitled print by artist, set designer and director Edward Gordon Craig from Hamlet. The woodblock print is signed with initials EGC in the lower right corner. The prints were made for the Cranach Press German edition of Hamlet printed in 1928.
Sight, 5 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches; 22 by 21 1/4 inches, overall
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 424, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 953: MARILYN MONROE LITHOGRAPH AFTER TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
A Marilyn Monroe owned lithograph printed with the words “Catalogue d’Affiches artistiques A.ARNOLD 7 rue Racine Paris.” Housed in a frame, not examined outside of frame.
Sight, 8 3/4 by 12 inches; 21 by 24 1/2 inches, overall
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 424, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 956: MARILYN MONROE BELL
A Marilyn Monroe bronze bell with wood handle, stamped on the interior.
Height, 10 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 460, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 957: MARILYN MONROE MEXICAN WOOL THROW
A Marilyn Monroe Mexican wool throw with multicolor woven design.
Approximately 60 by 50 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 450, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 278: MARILYN MONROE GROUP OF THREE ASHTRAYS
Including a printed and parcel gilt Maxim's Paris porcelain ashtray, marked on the back "Pillivuyt/ France" and "Edite par A. Simon Paris," circa 1950, a patinated metal scallop shell ashtray, and a black glazed terra cotta ashtray displaying the Christie's 1999 sale sticker.
5 1/4 by 3 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 408, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 279: MARILYN MONROE ASHTRAY
A black plastic ashtray with matchbook holder from Dan Stampler's The Steak Joint Inc. with address listed as "58 Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich Village." The Steak Joint was a village favorite run by Dan Stampler for nearly 25 years.
5 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 280: MARILYN MONROE AMERICAN EXPRESS KEYCHAIN
Has "American Express" and "5 year member" on the tag. .37 troy oz.
Length, 1 inch
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Cuisine
Kitchen
Lot 5: MARILYN MONROE OWNED SPOONS
A pair of spoons from Marilyn Monroe's New York home, located at 444 East 57th Street, gifted to her friend and personal masseur, Ralph Roberts. The spoons have embossed portraits of women. The first has an embossed signature that reads “Lois Wilson,” the second an embossed signature that reads “Norma Shearer.” Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
6 inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 6: MARILYN MONROE OWNED GLASS CREAMER
A pink glass creamer from Marilyn Monroe's New York home, located at 444 East 57th Street, gifted to her friend and personal masseur, Ralph Roberts. In a letter to the consignor, Roberts states Marilyn bought the creamer at an antique shop between the Nevada cities of Virginia City and Reno during an outing with him and Paula Strasberg. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Height, 3 inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 7: MARILYN MONROE OWNED SERVING TRAY
A round metal and glass serving tray that Marilyn Monroe used to deliver food to a party at the home of Ralph Roberts. The event was a Bon Voyage gala for May Reis and Maureen Stapleton in April 1961, both of whom were headed to Europe: Reis for vacation and Stapleton to work on the European film production of A View from the Bridge (Vu du pont). According to Roberts, guests at the party included Gloria Vanderbilt, Walter and Carol Matthau, Clifford David, and Sidney Lumet. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Diameter 12 ½ inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 8: MARILYN MONROE OWNED COOKING PRESS
An aluminum Wearever cooking press from Marilyn Monroe's New York home, located at 444 East 57th Street, gifted to her friend and personal masseur, Ralph Roberts. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Length, 8½ inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 9: MARILYN MONROE OWNED CHAMPAGNE COOLER
A metal champagne cooler brought by Marilyn Monroe to a party at the home of Ralph Roberts. The event was a Bon Voyage gala for May Reis and Maureen Stapleton in April 1961, both of whom were headed to Europe: Reis for vacation and Stapleton to work on the European film production of A View from the Bridge (Vu du pont). According to Roberts, guests at the party included Gloria Vanderbilt, Walter and Carol Matthau, Clifford David, and Sidney Lumet. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Height, 9 inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 111: MARILYN MONROE BAKE KING CAKE PAN
A vintage coated tin cake pan.
2 by 9 by 9 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 112: MARILYN MONROE YAAD DECORATIVE COPPER TRAY AND TWO OTHERS
A decorative tray marked "Yaad/ Made in Israel," together with a circular brass saucer and a large metal dish.
Copper tray, 9 3/4 by 12 1/4 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 113: MARILYN MONROE GROUP OF THREE DECORATIVE PIECES
Two wood bowls and a woven basket.
Largest, diameter, 17 1/4 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 114: MARILYN MONROE BRONZE ROOSTER NUTCRACKER
With scrolled terminals.
Length, 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 115: MARILYN MONROE METLOX POPPY TRAIL DINNERWARE
In the Sculpted Grape pattern, including four dinner plates, six salad plates, five large bowls, six small bowls, eight saucers, a butter dish, a double serving bowl with handle, and a large serving bowl. Thirty-two pieces total.
Size varies
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 116: MARILYN MONROE ASSORTED GROUP OF COPPER COOKWARE
Including a chafing dish marked "Bazar Francais 666," three pots marked "Country Kitchen," and an unmarked pot.
Chafing dish, 13 by 16 by 10 1/2 inches
See Lot 401 for pots from the same set, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 117: MARILYN MONROE SAUTÉ PAN
A copper and brass sauté pan, made in Italy, stamped number "24."
Diameter, 10 inches
Estimate: $500 - $700 
Lot 118: MARILYN MONROE GROUP OF VINTAGE COPPER HOLLOWWARE
Including a coffeepot with a wood handle marked "Majestic," a teapot marked "Old Dutch," an unmarked pitcher, and a pot marked "Bazar Francais."
Tallest, 11 inches
See Lot 401 for pots from the same set, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 119: MARILYN MONROE ASSORTED WOOD AND METAL KITCHEN UTENSILS
Including cooking spoons, spatulas, spreaders, knives, a serving fork, and a baster in the original vintage packaging. Twelve items total.
Size varies
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 121: MARILYN MONROE SET OF VINTAGE ECKO UTENSILS
A set of 10 stainless Ecko kitchen cooking utensils with black handles.
Longest, 13 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 122: MARILYN MONROE ASSORTED METAL KITCHEN UTENSILS
Including vintage beaters, graters, strainers, measuring cups and spoons, a paring knife, and aluminum salt and pepper shakers. Fifteen items total.
Size varies
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 123: MARILYN MONROE CHROME TOASTMASTER TOASTER
A vintage toaster with two slots, brown Bakelite trim, and original cord and socket. Model 1B21.
6 1/4 by 9 1/2 by 5 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 124: MARILYN MONROE CHROME JUICE-O-MAT TILT-TOP JUICER
A vintage juicer with a mechanical hand crank. Model NJ-848.
6 1/2 by 8 by 6 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 125: MARILYN MONROE DESCOWARE BELGIAN CAST IRON POT
A vintage enamelware pot with a lid, together with another lid.
Pot, diameter, 5 3/4 inches
See Lot 401 for pots from the same set, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 126: MARILYN MONROE LAMBERTON SCAMMELL HOTEL SERVICE PLATE
A porcelain charger with pink edges and thistle pattern on the rim, with a center monogram and gilt edges. Backstamp dates to circa 1928.
Diameter, 11 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 127: MARILYN MONROE GROUP OF THREE CHINESE ENAMELED DISHES
Three decorative enameled metal dishes, each picturing flowers and animals, each marked "China."
3 1/8 by 4 1/8 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 128: MARILYN MONROE BRONZE ENAMELED KOVSH
With a bronze bowl and polychrome enameled handle, marked "China."
Length, 7 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 129: MARILYN MONROE ASSORTED GROUP OF DECORATIVE DISHES
Including a French glazed stoneware plate with a printed rhyme, a KPM Bavaria handpainted and parcel gilt saucer, and a decorative Italian pottery dish.
Largest, diameter, 8 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 130: MARILYN MONROE ASSORTED DECORATIVE CERAMICS
Including a majolica oyster plate with gilt rim, marked "C.T.," a majolica double-handled sugar bowl with floral decoration, and a painted figural vase.
Plate, diameter, 9 1/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 131: MARILYN MONROE PARTIAL SET OF HAVILAND LIMOGES DINNERWARE
In a parcel gilt and leaf and painted design, white porcelain with an ivory band, including four dinner plates, six luncheon plates, eight salad plates, three cream soup bowls with four underplates, two bread and butter plates, and seven saucers. Twenty-nine pieces total.
Size varies
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 240: MARILYN MONROE DINNER SERVICE
A dinner service for eight, each piece stamped "Noritake Hand Painted Japan Dresdoll" comprising one oval serving bowl, one round serving bowl, eight dinner plates, eight salad plates, seven saucers, eight small serving bowls, and eight bread plates. 41 pieces.
Dinner plates, 10 inches
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 
Lot 241: MARILYN MONROE ASSORTED ASIAN INSPIRED TABLEWARE
Including an earthenware Regout Timor plate, a set of four Nippon double-handled dishes decorated with birds, and a set of five Chinese soup spoons. Ten pieces total.
Largest, diameter, 8 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 242: MARILYN MONROE TWO ANTIQUE ASIAN CARVED SNUFF BOTTLES
One decorated with dragons, the other with swords and instruments. (Both lacking stoppers.)
Height, 2 1/2 inches each
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 352: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE DAISY TRIPLE ICE CRUSHER
With a hand crank. Model 16Q.
Height, 4 3/4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 354: MARILYN MONROE ICE BUCKET
A Walker & Hall, Sheffield, England, electroplate ice bucket with lion head ring handles. The bucket has seen so much use that the plating has worn off, and there are a good number of scratches on interior from bottles. Engraved design on side of bucket featuring flag with the letters "N C S."
8 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 
Lot 355: MARILYN MONROE PRESSED GLASS MARTINI SHAKER
With triple ridge design and metal lid.
Height, 9 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 356: MARILYN MONROE TWO VINTAGE LIQUEUR BOTTLES
Two vintage bottles, the first a green glass bottle labeled "Dolfi Framberry," the second of colorless glass with giltmetal mounts marked "Jacquin's Forbidden Fruit Liqueur."
Taller, 12 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 357: MARILYN MONROE CASED AMBER GLASS DECANTER SET
A mid-century decanter with crystal finial, five cordials, and a black ridged circular undertray.
Tallest, 10 inches
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800 
Lot 359: MARILYN MONROE AMBER CUT-TO-CLEAR DECANTER
Decorated with a hand cut floral and foliate pattern. Bottle marked "Handblown, Made in Czechoslovakia" with an affixed label marked "Bischoff Cordials/ Double Kummel."
Height, 15 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 360: MARILYN MONROE RUBY CUT-TO-CLEAR WINE DECANTER
With grape and leaf decoration. (Lacking stopper.)
Height, 11 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 361: MARILYN MONROE ETCHED GLASS DECANTER
A double-gourd shaped bottle with allover etched floral decoration and a sterling rim with marks for Birmingham, 1911-12. (Lacking stopper.)
Height, 11 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 362: MARILYN MONROE PAIR OF PRESSED GLASS DECANTERS
With floral decoration, unmarked.
Height, 15 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 363: MARILYN MONROE ETCHED GLASS DECANTER
With a handpainted parcel gilt base and rim and engraved floral and foliate design on the body.
Height, 8 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 364: MARILYN MONROE GROUP OF THREE ASSORTED DECANTER STOPPERS
One is ruby flashed cut glass and the other two are faceted glass with cork plugs.
Tallest, 4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 365: MARILYN MONROE STERLING COLLAPSIBLE TRAVEL CUP
With hallmarks for Germany and "800." 2.47 troy oz.
Height, 3 1/4 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 366: MARILYN MONROE METAL COLLAPSIBLE TRAVEL CUP
A base metal cup with metal loops on the rim.
Height, 3 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 367: MARILYN MONROE BRONZE AND METAL MIDDLE EASTERN CUP
With punctured design throughout.
Height, 3 3/4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 587: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPHS OF FIFTH HELENA DRIVE PROPERTY
A group of four vintage black and white photographs, most likely of the kitchen and laundry room of the guest house at Monroe's Fifth Helena Drive property prior to her renovations and decorating.
8 by 10 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 588: MARILYN MONROE HEART-FORM COASTER
On three feet, marked "HW Limited/ EPNS."
4 by 4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 589: MARILYN MONROE GORHAM STERLING RETICULATED HEART DISH
With scrolling bows and ribbons, marked "Sterling." 1.50 troy oz.
1 by 5 by 4 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 590: MARILYN MONROE COPPER HEART-FORM CANDLE HOLDER
With a wooden ring handle, marked "Chase USA."
5 by 3 3/4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 591: MARILYN MONROE SCALLOPED EDGE METAL CANDLE BASE
With faux hallmarks. Together with a shell fragment.
Diameter, 3 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 592: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE MOUNT WASHINGTON ROSE BOWL
A hand decorated blue satin glass bowl with crimped rim.
Height, 3 3/4 inches; Diameter, 4 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 593: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE FENTON HOBNAIL DISH
A blue opalescent hobnail square dish.
4 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 594: MARILYN MONROE TRI-FORM TRINKET BOX
With figural scenes and putti on the lid and Hanau-type marks. 7.25 troy oz., but not marked sterling.
1 1/2 by 5 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 598: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE GLO-MAR BRASS SHELL DISH
A scallop shell trinket dish, marked on the base.
4 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 955: MARILYN MONROE GREEN GLASS CARAFE
A Marilyn Monroe owned green-tinted mallet form glass carafe. A Christie's lot sticker is affixed to the underside.
Height, 10 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 406, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Livres & Magazines
Books & Magazines
Lot 12: MARILYN MONROE OWNED MAGAZINES
A group of nine gossip magazines owned by Marilyn Monroe and packed into a trunk as she was moving out of her Roxbury, Connecticut, home when she and Arthur Miller were separating. Monroe is featured on most covers and in many articles; titles of magazines include 'Inside Hollywood' (May 1960), 'Hush-Hush' (November 1960), 'Confidential' (September 1961), 'Movie Fan' (July 1954), 'Untold Secrets' (October 1961), 'Screenland' (July 1962), 'Movie World' (March 1953), 'Movie Life' (May 1948) and 'Kroniek Van De Week' (March 1949). The original consignor was Ralph Roberts, Monroe's masseuse and confidant.
Largest, 14 ¼ by 10 ¼ inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 22, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $800 - $1,000 
Lot 155: MARILYN MONROE BOOK OF POETRY
A hardcover copy of Good Fellowship, a book of poetry compiled by Samuel Francis Woolard, 1909, by The Goldsmith-Woolard Publishing Co., Wichita, Kansas. Faint pencil marking on inside front cover reads, "MM 12/53." A number of page corners are creased as they had been dog eared. Additionally, some passages have brackets faintly drawn around them, including: "My character may be my own, but my reputation belongs to any old body that enjoys gossiping more than telling the truth"; "Here's to the woman who has a smile for every joy, a tear for every sorrow, a consolation for every grief, an excuse for every fault, a prayer for every misfortune, an encouragement for every hope. - Sainte Foix"; "Here's to the only true language of love: A Kiss," among others.
8 1/8 by 4 1/4 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 268: MARILYN MONROE CUSTOM BOUND COPY OF ARTHUR MILLER'S COLLECTED WORKS
A red leather clamshell box with gilt designs, title on spine and a simple "MM" on the lower right corner. The ivory silk satin lined box contains a matching red leather bound volume with "MM" on cover, gilt edged pages and chartreuse silk satin boards and end papers. Special dedication page reads, "This first copy/ of the first edition/ has been specially hand-bound/ for Marilyn." Arthur Miller's Collected Plays, The Viking Press, copyright 1957. Bound by Gerhard Gerlach, stamped in gold inside back cover.
9 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000 
Lot 106: MARILYN MONROE COOKBOOK
A hardcover copy of The New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking - School Cookbook, ninth edition, 3rd printing 1954 by Little Brown and Company, Boston. The encyclopedic cookbook also contains an index card with newspaper clippings stapled to the card featuring recipes for "Hearty Hot Lettuce Salad" and "Dinner with Lamb" and a small four-page booklet torn from a magazine featuring recipes for "Frankfurter Spaghetti," "Beefsteak Bundles," "Beef and Potato Loaf," among others. Page 53 features acid stains left by a piece of newspaper torn from the drama section of the Los Angeles Times dated December 26, 1956, used to mark the page about planning buffet meals for parties.
8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 107: MARILYN MONROE MEXICAN COOKBOOK
A soft cover spiral-bound copy of Elena's Famous Mexican and Spanish Recipes, copyright 1944 Elena Zelayeta, 30th printing June 1, 1950, by Dettners Printing House, San Francisco. This best selling cookbook by Zelayeta is credited with introducing traditional Mexican and Spanish cooking to many American households.
9 by 6 1/2 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 108: MARILYN MONROE COOKBOOK
A hardcover copy of The Household Searchlight Recipe Book, 13th printing 1940 by The Household Magazine, Topeka, Kansas. The pages are indexed in tabs by chapter, including chapters on "Fish and Wild Game," "Canning and Preserving," "Pastries," "Soups," and many others. Some cooking stains to the pages in the meat section, whose index tab has been lost.
10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 110: MARILYN MONROE HOMEMAKING BOOK
A hardcover copy of the Searchlight Homemaking Guide, 2nd edition 1949 by Household Topeka, Kansas. The pages are indexed in tabs by chapter, including chapters on "Etiquette," "Exercise and Good Looks," "The Sickroom," "Physical Care of the Baby," "Building the Home," "Floors Woodwork and Walls," "Buying Fabrics," "The Laundry," "Destroying Household Pests," and others. A hole has been drilled through the upper margin starting at the back cover of the book and going through the last 60 pages.
10 1/4 by 7 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 868: MARILYN MONROE OWNED BOOK
A Marilyn Monroe owned copy of The Open Mind by J. Robert Oppenheimer (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955). Christie’s bookplate affixed to endpaper. The hardcover book is accompanied by a paper dust jacket and a lotted Christie's bookmark.
5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 563, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Lot 869: MARILYN MONROE OWNED BOOK
A Marilyn Monroe owned copy of Everyman’s Search by Rebecca Beard (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950). Christie’s bookplate affixed to endpaper. The hardcover book is accompanied by a paper dust jacket and a lotted Christie's bookmark. Additionally stamped on the title page “Women’s League Library/ Old First Church/ Huntington, N.Y.”
5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 563, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 870: MARILYN MONROE OWNED BOOK
A Marilyn Monroe owned copy of The Devil's Advocate by Morris L. West (New York: William Morrow & Company, 1959). Christie’s bookplate affixed to endpaper.
5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 546, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 871: MARILYN MONROE OWNED BOOKS
A copy of Karl A. Menninger's Man Against Himself (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938) and Dr. Joseph Murphy's The Miracles of Your Mind (San Gabriel, California: Willing Publishing Company, 1953) from the personal collection of Marilyn Monroe with a Christie's auction bookplate on the front inside covers.
Larger, 8 3/4 by 6 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 559, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 905: MARILYN MONROE PRAYER BOOK FOR JEWISH WORSHIP
A Marilyn Monroe Union Prayer Book for Jewish Worship. The cover is stamped “Marilyn Monroe Miller” and inscribed to Monroe “For Marilyn – with all of my best wishes and deepest respect – fondly – Bob.” Christie’s bookplate is affixed to the interior of the front cover.
6 3/4 by 5 by 1 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 9A, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000 
Lot 584: MARILYN MONROE HORTICULTURE MAGAZINES
Three copies of Horticulture, "America's Authentic Garden Magazine," dated October 1960, January 1961, and June 1962. Each magazine has typed adhesive labels addressed to Monroe, two reading "Mrs. Marilyn Miller" and the third "Miss Marilyn Monroe," all to her 444 East 57th Street address. The October 1960 issue has this address crossed out and "Beverly Hills Hotel/ Beverly Hills, California" written beside the label. Another issue of Horticulture magazine is visible on the coffee table of the sunroom in Monroe’s Brentwood home in the photograph on the right.
11 by 8 1/4 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 
Lot 514: MARILYN MONROE SCULPTURE BOOK SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
A copy of The Sculpture of William Zorach, by Paul S. Wingert, Pitman Publishing Corp., New York 1938 signed by Zorach to Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller January 1, 1957. Monroe owned one of Zorach's sculptures titled "Young Woman." The book is accompanied by a letter from The Downtown Gallery dated April 24, 1957, regarding this small sculpture, which Monroe had "purchased just before Christmas," to ensure that Monroe received the piece after lending it to the University of Illinois for an exhibition.
Book, 10 by 7 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Récompenses
Awards
Lot 26: MARILYN MONROE NEW FACES AWARD
A Detroit Press New Faces Award, 1952, presented to Marilyn Monroe by Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. The award is designed as a wall mirror of birch wood with a leather handle and surrounded is by fourteen electric light sockets. The plaque is engraved “Marilyn Monroe Winner-First Place Detroit Free Press New Faces Award 1952.” Accompanied by a copy of the 1999 Christie's The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe auction catalog.
22 by 18 by 2 inches
PROVENANCE: Lot 312, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000 
Lot 832: MARILYN MONROE 1953 AWARD
A Marilyn Monroe trophy honoring Monroe as the 1953 World Film Favorite by The International Press of Hollywood.
Height, 23 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 320, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
Lot 856: MARILYN MONROE "I'M GONNA FILE MY CLAIM" RECORD AWARD
An in-house record award presented to Simon House Music to commemorate the sale of more than 50,000 copies of the RCA Victor record release of “I’m Gonna File My Claim” as performed by Marilyn Monroe. Monroe performed the song in her film River of No Return (20th Century, 1954).
23 by 17 3/4 inches, framed
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 
Divers
Various
Lot 2: MARILYN MONROE ST. CHRISTOPHER PENDANT
A silver tone St. Christopher pendant in the style of a wax seal given to Ralph Roberts by Marilyn Monroe. The religious medal is designed with the likeness of the patron saint. A neck chain loop is connected to the top of the medallion. According to Roberts, Natasha Lytess, Monroe's early acting coach, gave her the medal. Monroe gave the medal to Roberts together with a handwritten postcard in which she confirmed for him that she wasn't pregnant. When she gave Roberts the medal she stated, "I've outgrown Natasha." Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Diameter, 1 inch
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 334, “Film & Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 11: MARILYN MONROE OWNED BALLERINA PAPERWEIGHT
A paperweight fashioned after a ballerina, from Marilyn Monroe's New York home, located at 444 East 57th Street, gifted to Ralph Roberts. According to Roberts, the paperweight was displayed next to a photo of Broadway star Marilyn Miller in a similar ballerina pose as the paperweight. Miller is believed to have been the inspiration for Norma Jeane's name change to "Marilyn Monroe," and Monroe herself later became "Marilyn Miller" after marrying playwright Arthur Miller. In a letter to the consignor, Roberts wrote Monroe stated, "That's the other Marilyn." Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Roberts.
Height 5 inches
PROVENANCE: Partial Lot 340, “Film and Television Memorabilia,” Christie's East, New York, Sale number 7821, December 18, 1995
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 13: MARILYN MONROE PRESCRIPTION BOX
A small box prescribed by Dr. Davis dispensed by Hilp’s Drug Store in Reno, Nevada, for “Mrs. Miller” and dated 09/15/60. The prescription occurs while Monroe was in Nevada working on her final completed film, The Misfits (United Artists, 1961).
2½ by 1½ inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 14: MARILYN MONROE PRESCRIPTION PILL BOTTLE
A prescription pill bottle prescribed by Dr. Wechsler and dispensed by Pollock-Bailey New York for Mrs. A. Miller, dated 3/15/60. The prescription occurs while Monroe was working on Let’s Make Love (20TH Cent., 1960).
Height, 2½ inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 44: MARILYN MONROE GIFTED MONEY CLIP
A sterling silver money clip, engraved "To Harry" with the engraved signature in Monroe's hand "Love and Kisses/ Marilyn Monroe." The clip is stamped "Sterling CJS" to the reverse. 'Harry' is Harry Roberts, a soundman at 20th Century Fox. Originally, consigned by Harry Hooten, the grandson of Harry Roberts.
1 by 2 1/2 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 62: MARILYN MONROE 34TH BIRTHDAY PARTY DOLL
A small plastic doll created in the likeness of Marilyn Monroe and distributed to guests at a party for Monroe's 34th birthday on the set of Let's Make Love (20th Century, 1960) in 1960.
Height, approximately. 3 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 68: MARILYN MONROE SOUVENIR
A set of keys with a brass metal tag, originally sold as a novelty souvenir. The tag reads “M. Monroe, Dressing Room 5.”
6 ½ by 2 inches
Estimate: $250 - $500 
Lot 95: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE WOOD SKI
A single wood ski with metal binding, with a label marked "Made in Czechoslovakia," and another marked "White Mountain Ski Shop New York."
Length, 65 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 210: MARILYN MONROE CAMERA
A Minolta-16 subminiature 16mm camera in a brown leather case, with matching wrist strap, together with original blue box and instruction book. The Minolta model 16 was first introduced in 1957.
Camera, 1 5/8 by 3 1/8 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 216: MARILYN MONROE JOE DiMAGGIO ELECTRIC RAZORS
Two Norelco electric Speed shavers with zipper closure Norelco case; top leather covering has become separated from the cardboard box lid. Together with power cord, one plastic shaver cap, three cleaning brushes, two loose shaver sharpeners, one sharpener in original unopened plastic bag with instruction paper and one loose sheet of sharpener instructions.
Shaver, 3 1/2 by 4 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 246: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE MINI PINECONE TREE GIFTED FROM JOE DIMAGGIO TO MARILYN MONROE
A mini brown wire form holiday tree made of pinecones and other tree items, dusted with glitter. Wrapped in a black tulle base. The tree was purportedly a gift from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe one Christmas when he discovered that she did not have a tree to celebrate the holidays.
Height, 23 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 274: MARILYN MONROE TYPEWRITER
A Royal Quiet De Luxe model typewriter in grey with tweed style hard carrying case. Partial sticker on side reads "San Leandro Co. Sales, Repairs 614 E. 14th Street."
13 1/2 by 7 by 14 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 277: MARILYN MONROE VANITY CASE
A tan leather suitcase by Mark Cross, England with hinged front panel that opens to access vanity compartment containing two tone blue vanity set including hand mirror, two empty glass bottles, glass powder container, glass jar containing hairpins, glass jar containing soap powder, hairbrush, garment brush, long glass tube bottle, small leather box containing triangular tube of lipstick, nail file, and hair comb. The top of case has custom stamped "A.L." Mark Cross is considered among the first American luxury brands that expanded its operations overseas with a store in London. It is perhaps most famous for the overnight bag it designed for Grace Kelly to use in Rear Window.
14 by 20 3/4 by 7 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 281: VINTAGE MARILYN MONROE SUITCASE
A fabric lined luggage case with leather edging and metal hardware.
With a label reading "Royal Gascogne Bordeaux/ Garage dans L'Hotel."
8 by 25 1/4 by 14 1/2 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 348: MARILYN MONROE CHINESE STERLING FAN SHAPED PILLBOX
A pillbox, the lid with a figure of a dancer, a fan with Chinese characters, and a hand. Marked "Sterling" and "Made in {...}," (partly effaced but believed to read "China"). Weight, .84 troy oz.
3/4 by 2 1/4 by 1 1/4 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 349: MARILYN MONROE VINTAGE BRASS PILLBOX
Marked "M.R. Morais," the top inset with a 500 reis coin reading "7 de Setembro 1 Centenario da Independencia 1822-1922"
Diameter, 1 1/2 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 63: MARILYN MONROE GIFTED BOX
A rectangular silver tone presentation cigarette box gifted from Marilyn Monroe to Frankie Vaughan. The interior of the lid is in engraved Monroe's handwriting “Dear Frankie, It was really wonderful working with you. Best always, Marilyn.“ The box was gifted to Vaughan by Monroe at the end of filming Let's Make Love (20th Century, 1960).
Approximately 9 ½ by 4 by 1 ½ inches
PROVENANCE: Lot 132, "Film and Entertainment,” Christie's, London, Sale number 5515, December 14, 2004
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 452: MARILYN MONROE MINAUDIERE
A ladies evening minaudiere with original box reading "Pandora by Wadsworth." The small evening compact features three compartments. When opened, the center features a loose powder compartment and original cotton buffer with mirror. The top compartment features a lipstick holder, with a tube of lipstick, a clear plastic comb and two loose Mercury dimes dated 1943 and 1945. The lower compartment contains eight Philip Morris cigarettes. Each end of the gold metal case is embellished with a citrine crystal floret. The compact is accompanied by a black velvet and white silk carrying case terminating in a black tassel. The case features a gold metal ring that closes down below the wrist to hold the case in place.
Case, 4 1/4 inches
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
Lot 143: MARILYN MONROE MARGIT TEVAN BRONZE CIGARETTE BOX
A bronze lidded box with figural Old Testament scenes on the lid and partition inside. Marked "Hungarian Handmade" on the bottom.
1 by 5 by 5 1/2 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 847: MARILYN MONROE CIGARETTE CASE GIVEN TO JOE DiMAGGIO
A sterling silver cigarette case given by Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio. The front of the case is engraved “Memory of Japan” with a landscape scene. The back of the case is engraved “Joe” at the center and “Love Marilyn” at lower right.
3 1/4 by 7 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 214: MARILYN MONROE JOE DiMAGGIO ACCESSORY CASE
A burgundy alligator jewelry case with hinged lid, removable tan suede divided tray that fits into a partitioned interior with matching leather pad. The lid to the case features gold metal letters reading "J Dim" and a front three-digit combination lock closure with "555" code, a repetition of DiMaggio's Yankee number, 5.
20 1/2 by 11 1/2 by 3 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 951: MARILYN MONROE UNEDITED AUDIO RECORDING OF "RUNNING WILD" AND "I WANT TO BE LOVED BY YOU"
An unedited audio recording of Marilyn Monroe performing multiple takes of the song “Running Wild” and “I Want to be Loved by You.” Both of these songs are performed in the film Some Like It Hot (UA, 1959). Recorded on a reel of 1/4-inch magnetic acetate tape housed in a Maestro reel box. The reel comes from the estate of Myrton Blackler who owned and operated Studio 7612, a recording studio in Hollywood. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Blackler was hired by MGM for recording sessions, including Monroe’s. On the approximately 30-minute recording, an unknown person can be heard giving Monroe direction in the background. The tape includes a CD copy of the recording.
Reel diameter, 7 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Hollywood Auction 74 - 09-10/2015 - Various
Documents papiers
(Day 2) Lot 1147. Marilyn signs an early contract for the Charlie McCarthy show with a morality clause after nude photo debacle threatened to derail her fledgling career.
Document Signed, “Marilyn Monroe” and additionally, “MM” (ten times), four pages, 8.5 x 11 in. (with two 8.5 x 2 in. slips attached to pages three and four), Los Angeles, October 7, 1952, countersigned “Edgar Bergen,” who also adds his initials, “EB” ten times (each below Monroe’s). The contract concerns Monroe’s radio appearance on The Charlie McCarthy Show, recorded on October 18, 1952. A morality rider, attached to page four, addresses Monroe’s legendary sex appeal, in which she agreed Bergen could cancel the appearance, “… if I conducted or do conduct myself without due regard to public conventions and morals or have done or do anything which will tend to disgrace me in society or bring me into pubic disrepute, contempt, scorn or ridicule, or that will tend to schock [sic], insult or offend the community or public morals or decency or prejudice agency or sponsor or the entertainment industry in general …” This rider was especially important in light of the recent controversy over her nude photographs that had surfaced earlier in the year and threatened to derail her fledgling career. The same rider also evokes the “red scare” sentiment of the time. Not only did Monroe agree not to offend any moral sensibility during the program, she also agreed that her appearance could be terminated in the event she was “… held in contempt by any Congressional committee or other governmental body and any refusal to testify before any such committee or governmental body, whether for legally justifiable reasons or otherwise.” The language refers to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), which had become infamous after it began investigating Hollywood in 1947. Monroe’s appearance with Charlie McCarthy was an enormous hit. During the program, the pair announced their engagement, much to the consternation of Edgar Bergen who “admitted that losing Charlie would be like having his pocket picked.” McCarthy, for his part, assured listeners that he would allow Ms. Monroe to continue her screen career. “Certainly I’m gonna let her work. I love the girl. I don’t want to interfere with her career—or her income.” Exhibiting file holes at top, stapled at left, very light soiling. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1148. Marilyn Monroe’s personally hand-annotated original shooting script from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (TCF, 1953)
Marilyn Monroe’s personally-used and annotated script from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. An incomplete script, being a block of revisions delivered by the production to Marilyn Monroe comprising 69 pages total (numbered 48 through 117, missing page 93) plus a pink title cover-sheet printed “26 November 1952, ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ (Revised Final Script…13 Nov. 1952),” plus “TO ALL SECRETARIES: Please place these ADDITIONAL PAGES at the back of your script of the above date. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Majority of the prompts for Marilyn’s character “Lorelei Lee” are circled variously in graphite and non-repro blue pencil, with approximately 22 pages annotated in various inks and pencil in Monroe’s hand with amendments and additions to the script and notes on how she proposes to deliver lines and portray Lorelei’s character, with several other pages showing line deletions and other demarcations. Highlights of notes include: pg. 56, when Lord Beekman finds Lorelei stuck in Malone’s porthole, next to Lorelei’s line “Oh yes--Tea with Lady Beekman. Why, she must of forgot. She didn’t show up,” with Monroe adding an alternative line, “Well, I just wanted to see the view. It’s better from here”; pg. 58, Monroe changes the line “Piggie, will you run down to my cabin and get my purse?” to “Maybe I should have that Sherry - will you get me some”; pg. 79, Monroe has written a note to herself in the margin “Feeling that feeds the words, know the lines, go over it inteligently [sic]”; pg. 92, also to herself, “sense the feeling with the body” plus several dialogue changes; pg. 94, again to herself, “grit my teeth and forget it must have my,” “all of feeling in my words,” and “build pull back, don’t stop mutual conflict between partners.” Also, the following page (95) although bearing no notations, features the scene for Monroe’s classic musical number “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” In generally very good condition, with expected handling wear, soiling, and creasing, and some small edge tears and damp-staining to cover page and a few internal margins throughout. Marilyn’s unique, revealing personal notations in this script reveal her private thought processes and fleeting self confidence. On set, she was haunted by her controlling acting coach Natasha Lytess, constantly striving for her approval and insisting on retakes even when director Howard Hawks had already approved. Co-star Jane Russell looked after Marilyn on set and was often one of the only people able to coax her out of her trailer during her bouts of self doubt. Despite her anxieties, it was the role of Lorelei Lee that first fabricated her ‘dumb blonde’ persona—a genius mixture of comedy and sexiness which Marilyn personified on screen, all the while taking her acting very seriously, as evidenced by her occasional heartfelt self-motivational notes in the margins. Monroe biographer Donald Spoto once said: “She put a twist on sexiness. It was not something wicked and shameful...it was something which was terribly funny. And Marilyn enjoyed it.” A remarkable and deeply personal artifact both from Marilyn’s aura imbued within it, and of Hollywood history in general. Provenance: Christies, New York, June 22, 2006, Lot 160.
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1150. Marilyn Monroe historic signed RCA recording contract from the year of the release of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (1953)
Vintage 4-page 8.25 x 11 in. contract signed in blue ink, “Marilyn Monroe on onion skin paper leaf, between Monroe and RCA with mention of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, dated October 8, 1953. Among Hollywood historians, it’s generally agreed that 1953 marked Marilyn Monroe’s ascent to legend. Though she’d inked a seven-year deal with Twentieth Century-Fox previously, she didn’t achieve super stardom until the 1953 release of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. That mid-summer release, with its box office acclaim, served as the momentum for her signing this singing recording contract with RCA. There’s no mention in the agreement about Monroe’s compensation except her cut of resultant royalties. Monroe was obliged to record not fewer that “16 sides,” or single tunes on two sides of a record album. Text of the contract makes frequent reference to Twentieth Century-Fox. At the conclusion on page 4, the signatures of the principals appear, “Emanuel Sacks” for RCA, “Joseph Schenck”, Executive Director of Twentieth Century-Fox, and of course, “Marilyn Monroe”. Monroe is assumed to have faithfully fulfilled this contract – to include tunes from her two ensuing films, River of No Return and There’s No Business Like Show Business. Retaining 2-hole punch at upper boarder, white tape at the upper margins, and staple holes in the lower left and in the upper left corners. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1192. Pat Newcomb handwritten letter giving support to Marilyn Monroe during her pending divorce from Arthur Miller. 1-page, Quarto, on “In Flight – American Airlines” letterhead stationery, dated December 31, 1960, written “Personal” at the lower left corner. As Marilyn’s personal friend and publicist, she writes to support Marilyn as her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller was coming to an end. Newcomb pens, in part: “Dear Marilyn,…I hope you will take good care of yourself. I know and understand what you are going through – but you will make it! Just take it ‘nice ‘n easy’. It will all work out – because you want it to and you have the capacity to make it work! Start with the nurse this week and please call me anytime during the night or day that you feel like talking…This week will be a rough one – but it’s worth it and very important for you. Thank you so very very much again for the wonderful ‘lifetime gift.’ I adore it!!! I can only give you one ‘lifetime gift’ – and that’s my friendship – which you know you already have! Love, Pat. See you on the 19th.” At the time this letter was written, Marilyn was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She had separated from Arthur Miller in October, and their divorce was announced to the press on November 11th. Newcomb’s closing phrase in this letter, “See you on the 19th”, is a direct reference to the divorce proceedings that had already been scheduled. The divorce was finalized on January 24, 1961. Accompanied with original transmittal envelope. In fine condition. Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
(Day 2) Lot 1193. Arthur Miller passionate love letter in which he bears his soul to his new love and future wife, Marilyn Monroe. Miller, Arthur [to Marilyn Monroe]. Incredible Five Page Typed Letter Signed, “Art”, Quarto, five pages, dated May 17, 1956, and written to “Dear Heart; My Own Wife; My Very Own Gramercy 5; Sweetheart:” Miller writes (in part):
“I am enclosing a letter I got today from the first woman I ever knew in my life. My mother. Now maybe you will understand where I learned to write and to feel.
I know I am liable to get very sentimental and maudlin about this, but today is one of the most revelatory days of my life. I could write many pages even a volume, about what this letter brings to my mind. I think that had I died without ever receiving it, I should never have known some unbelievably simple but important things.
You see, Poo, I often try to tell you that you mean things to me beyond your body, beyond your spirit, beyond anything you can know about yourself, and it is hard for another person to understand what she –or he—really signifies to one who lovers her. I will try to tell you a few of the things you mean to me, and which became absolutely clear to me when I got this letter today. (I got it today, Thursday, by the way, because I was in Reno for my passport business, and picked up my mail at the post office.)
First let me say what I feared. They are very conventional people. That doesn’t mean they’re stiff—far from it. But they believe in family virtues, in wives being wives and husbands being husbands. They are not especially scandalized by infidelity, but neither do they forget that the big happiness is family happiness. Above all, they know how to love their children, and truly, if I ever needed anything they would die to get it for me. At the same time, my father could take advantage of me and my brother, if we let him, but he would do that as a father’s privilege; which sounds strange, but when he was a young man it wasn’t until he was twenty five or so that his father let him keep his own paycheck. Everything went into the family pot. It was the European way. So I rebelled in many ways against both of them and for many of the usual reasons, but the time came when I began to write successfully, when once again we were friends. I had established my independence from them; they understood it, and we created the necessary adult distance between ourselves, my parents and I, and yet a friendship of grown people, more or less…
Now I receive this letter. (All the above thoughts came as a result of receiving it.) I sat in the public square outside the post office in Reno reading it and my whole life suddenly seemed so marvelously magical. I had saved it! Darling, I had done the right, the necessary, the gloriously living thing at last! For suddenly I saw many questions answered, and many weights lifting off my heart.
It is not that I would hesitate to marry you if they disapproved. Truly, sweetheart, that was not it. It was that somewhere inside me I wanted their love to flow toward both of us because it would give me strength, and you too. It is not that they are my judges, but the first sources of my identity and my love. I know now that I could enjoy seeing my mother. She becomes a pest after too long with her, but that’s another thing. And it is not her, so much—not her corporeal, real being, but what she represents that I can now hold up instead of trampling on it. It is my own sexuality, do you see? I come to her with you, and to my father, and in effect I say—I am a lover. Look, I say, look at my sweet, beautiful, sexy wife. I can see my father’s pleasure at the sight of you—if only because he loves clothes, having been in that business all his life, and he will go mad seeing how you wear them! And if it will only be possible—I can see us with Bob and Jane and all of us joined with one another in joy. I see blue, clear air for the first time in my life when I think of myself and my wife and my children in the house of my parents…
Every time I had trouble with Mary, the worst threat she thought she could make was to go to my parents and tell them I had been unfaithful…She simply cannot conceive that my mother will accept you and my marriage, with you because you are a sexual being, and therefore I am, and parents are by their nature, in her mind, the punishers of sexuality not its helpers and allies…
Wife, Dear, Dear Woman—I have been thinking crazy thoughts. For instance, a wedding with maybe fifty people. Maybe in Roxbury, maybe somewhere else in a big house. And Bob and Jane there. And just a little bit of ceremony. Not fancy, but maybe my old friend Reverend Melish, a courageous and wonderful fighter for fine causes; or a Rabbi of similar background—I know one. Or maybe just somebody who can marry people. I want to dress up, and I want you dressed up; I want all my past looking on, even back to Moses. I want the kids to see us married, and to feel the seriousness and honorableness of our marriage, so that nothing Mary can say to them will ever make them believe we have sneaked away to do this, or that I have hidden myself and what I wanted to do. And I want this for their sakes as much as for my own pride and my joy; so that they will see their Grandma and Grandpa full of happiness—and crying too, of course. (Isn’t it strange?—I didn’t have my parents to my first marriage, which was in Cleveland. It could have been arranged, but I felt better not to have them there. That time I felt untrue, you see? This time I feel true, and if the world wanted to come I would embrace them all.)
Do you see why I say I am proud of you? You have given me back my soul, Darling. And thank god I knew it always; always and always since the hour we met, I knew there was something in you that I must have or die. And the revolution it implied for me was so much more than uprooting my household, my life; facing my own damning curse for depriving the children of my—as I thought of it then, and so on. The revolution was of another sort. It meant that I must face myself and who and what I am. It meant that I must put down those fearfully protective arms of reticence and blushing and all that stupidity, and put my arms around the one I loved and face the startling, incredible, simply glorious fact, that I am a tender man and not the fierce idiot I have tried—and failed—to become. How could you have known that, Darling? How I bless you that you knew it! I am near tears this minute at the miracle you are to me. How happy I will make you! What beautiful children I will give you! Oh, I will watch over you, and pest you, and worry about you.
I feel something today that marks it, like an anniversary, or more truly, my real day of birth. I have reached a kind of manhood I never really knew before. I tell you dear, I am afraid of nothing in this world. The soul of my talent is coming up in me as it has been these past six months, but now I feel it like bread in my hands, like a taste in my mouth. Because I am touching its source and not turning away from it anymore. Believe in me, Darling—I am certain enough of myself to tell you that. And worry nothing about yourself. You are beyond all danger with me because I love you like life itself. Truly, you are my life now.
Your husband, Art
[in Miller’s hand]
“Some more ----------------
PS…If we got married before you had to leave, I could then come and live openly with you and we could maybe tour around on your free time and have some fun. The problem is the lack of time before you have to leave. I’ll be back from Michigan on the 17th. The kids, by our agreement, have to be back with Mary by the 22nd, in order to have a week’s time—(a little less)—to prepare for camp, shopping, etc. Assuming I have a divorce by June 1 or a few days after—as in now planned—we would either have to do it between June 1 and June 15th; or between June 17th and July 7th…The whole problem is to juggle the time I have with them, and the time you’ll be around to attend the ceremony. Don’t worry about it, though. I’m just warning you, however,--you’ll be the most kissed bride in history when my family is there. I’ll have to fight the bastards off. I’m going to put up a sign, “ONE KISS TO A RELATIVE!” (Don’t worry, there won’t be that many.)
How I love you. My heart aches when I think of you being so tired. But you’ll perk up here right off, dear wife. OH, AM I GOING TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU, BEGINNING WITH THE SOLES OF THE FEET AND GOING DUE NORTH, UNTIL SLU-U-U-SH!—RIGHT INTO GRAMERCY PARK!
The World’s Luckiest Man Since Adam Art”
Arthur Miller was introduced to Marilyn Monroe by Elia Kazan in 1951. After the introduction, they had a brief affair to which Miller admitted to his wife, college sweetheart, Mary Slattery. Miller and Monroe were married on June 29, 1956, only days after he divorced Slattery. In this fascinating and revealing letter, Miller chronicles his deteriorating marriage and divulges deeply personal family issues. In this incredible letter, Miller lays bear issues which mirror some of the central themes his characters wrestled with in his dramas: personal and social responsibility, moral conviction, betrayal and the issues of guilt and hope.
Moderate toning, otherwise vintage very good to fine condition. Provenance: From the estate of Marilyn Monroe’s NYC attendant Mrs. Fanny Harris. With original transmittal envelope of this letter addressed to Mrs. Harris with TLS on Marilyn Monroe Productions letterhead signed by Mrs. Fanny Harris releasing Monroe of any salary claims or demands.
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1194: The Misfits autograph book with cast signatures including Marilyn Monroe and others. (United Artists, 1961)
Vintage board and paper bound 40+ page 5.5 x 4 in. young girl’s autograph book. The commercially made book contains the clipped and affixed autographs of cast members of The Misfits. Including Marilyn Monroe, (2) Montgomery Clift, Arthur Miller, Eli Wallach, stuntman Chuck Roberson, (2) John Huston, and 1-unidentified. Interspersed throughout the book are charming youthful entries from schoolmates and teachers. The irregularly clipped signatures by celebrities are in pen, with one of the 2 Montgomery Clift signatures on a page torn from another autograph book and folded in quarters. Exhibiting signs of age and handling. Overall in vintage very good condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 
(Day 2) Lot 1202: Marilyn Monroe Something’s Got To Give final-draft script for her uncompleted last film. (TCF, 1962)
Vintage 143-page March 29, 1962 final-draft incomplete (as issued) “planning” script for the uncompleted project from which Marilyn was fired, partly owing to her “dereliction of duty” by leaving production to fly to New York for JFK’s birthday celebration. Bound in studio labeled cover and period brads, printed entirely on green revision paper, and marked with [illegible] cast or crew member’s name. Preface page boldly states “THIS SCRIPT SHOULD BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL AND REMAIN IN THE POSSESSION OF THE PERSON TO WHOM IT HAS BEEN ISSUED.” Minor handling to cover extremities; interior remains in vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Objets Divers
(Day 2) Lot 990. Lucille Ball as “Marilyn Monroe” mink cuffs from I Love Lucy. (DesiLu Prod., 1951-1957)
Vintage original pink mink fur sleeve cuffs worn by Lucille Ball when she dresses up as “Marilyn Monroe” in Season 4: Episode 5, “Ricky’s Movie Offer” of I Love Lucy. The slip-on cuffs are lined with cotton mesh netting and crème-colored cloth. The fur remains full and supple. Highly visible in the glamorous ensemble seen in the episode. In vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1112. Marilyn Monroe lobby card for her first film appearance Dangerous Years. (TCF, 1948)
Vintage 11 x 14 in. portrait lobby card with the earliest appearance of Marilyn Monroe on any known movie paper. Glowing image of a fresh-faced young Marilyn as a diner waitress. Tiny trace of handling, in vintage fine to very fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600 
(Day 2) Lot 1122. Marilyn Monroe vintage original “Golden Dreams” nude calendar earliest sample variant. (circa 1952)
Vintage 12 x 16.5 in. color chromo-litho calendar-salesman’s sample “Golden Dreams” of Marilyn Monroe, being the earliest known variation of the infamous Tom Kelly nude photo sessions. All known subsequent variations of the Tom Kelly/Marilyn nudes list her name with the alternating titles (“Golden Dreams” or “A New Wrinkle”), and only a handful of examples prior to her name addition are known to survive. Virtually unhandled, in vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $300 - $500 
(Day 2) Lot 1123. Marilyn Monroe vintage original censored calendar artwork variant. (circa 1952)
Vintage 9.75 x 16.5 in. calendar-salesman’s sample artwork interpretation of Tom Kelly’s “Golden Dreams” Marilyn Monroe pose, with screened-over bra and lace panties for conservative communities. Artwork is in the style of Earl Moran or Zoe Mozert, but is uncredited here. Just a trace of handling and corner creasing, in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1124. Marilyn Monroe in revealing halter-top oversize vintage original salesman’s sample pin-up calendar. (circa 1952)
Vintage 12 x 16.5 in. color chromo-litho calendar-salesman’s sample of Marilyn Monroe, being an exceptionally rare variation in revealing halter-bra and open-sided skirt, with printing that illuminates Marilyn’s blonde hair, blue eyes, and crimson lips. Virtually unhandled, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1127. Marilyn Monroe lobby card #5 for The Fireball with exceptional early image in revealing sweater. (TCF, 1950)
Vintage 11 x 14 in. lobby card of Marilyn Monroe with Mickey Rooney in their Roller Derby epic. Young fresh Marilyn was asked to provide her own personal wardrobe on some of her earliest films, and this lovely form-fitting sweater makes a few appearances on her exceptional frame at this point in history. Tiny marginal tear, otherwise in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1130. Marilyn Monroe calendar. (1952)
Vintage original 16 x 34 in. color chromo-litho calendar with complete date-pad depicting an interpretation of Tom Kelly’s “Golden Dreams” Marilyn Monroe pose, with screened-over bra and lace panties for conservative communities. Entitled here “The Lure of Lace, Posed by Marilyn Monroe In The Nude, With Lace Overprint”. Just a trace of marginal wear and slight internal creasing, in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600 
(Day 2) Lot 1137. Some Like It Hot Italian one-panel poster. (United Artists, 1959/ ca. 1970)
Italian 39 x 55 in. one-panel poster for the Billy Wilder and Marilyn Monroe comedy. Featuring Monroe and co-stars Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Folded as issued. Overall vivid color in vintage, very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1149. Travilla historic vintage original costume sketch of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic pink satin dress for the “Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend” number in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (TCF, 1953)
Vintage 15 x 20 in. pencil, gouache and India ink sketch on double artist’s board of one of the most memorable and timeless gowns in film history, the pink satin strapless evening gown with matching opera gloves and poof derriere bow worn by Marilyn Monroe as “Lorelei” for the “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” number in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. William Travilla’s sketch also includes copious jewelry to highlight the “Diamonds” element of the title. Signed by Travilla just below the figure, with his notation at upper right “Marilyn Monroe ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’ #17”. A long clean diagonal surface-slice which bisected horizontally just below her knees has been archivally filled and retouched making it virtually undetectable, and the restorer also cleaned and enhanced the notations including light airbrushing to blank background, while leaving the sketch itself virtually untouched. One of the most spectacular original artifacts not only from the legacy of Marilyn Monroe, but from the entire artistic span of the silver screen. In vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1153. Marilyn Monroe screen-used water pitcher from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (TCF, 1953)
Vintage “R.Wallace” silver-plate 3-pint water pitcher 8 x 8.5 x 4.5 in., screen-used by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Prominently handled by the lovely ladies when they entrap Elliott Reid in their cabin and pour water from this pitcher all over his pants in order to get them off him expeditiously. Engraved on side as an original artifact “U.S.N.” with Navy anchor and rope symbol, plus engraved on bottom by Fox properties dept. “32-2-21422 20th-C-Fox”. In vintage screen-used fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1154. Marilyn Monroe 1-sheet poster for How To Marry a Millionaire. (TCF, 1953)
Vintage U.S. 27 x 41 in. poster for one of the very first wide-format Cinemascope films. An overt attempt to liven up the film-going experience against the onslaught of TV. Pleasing artwork of the three “golddiggers” Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grable. A curious footnote here is that TCF had been grooming Marilyn specifically to replace Grable, who had been their #1 stable star over the prior decade. Japan-paper backed without retouching to folds, consequently in vintage very good condition.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1156. Marilyn Monroe screen-used table from How to Marry a Millionaire. (TCF, 1953)
Vintage metal and acrylic table 29 x 18 in. screen-used by Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grable. Most prominently viewed (with its matching twin, not offered here) as all three girls meet to compare “millionaire date” notes in the powder room of the swanky restaurant where they have their first official dates. A period copy/translation of famous designer Andre Arbus’s late art-deco tables “Paire de Gueridons”. Painted silver over its original gold/bronze color for re-purposing in Young Frankenstein (TCF, 1974) in which it is quite prominently viewed (once again with its now-absent twin) at end of film in Madeline Kahn’s bedroom. Beneath the silver paint is barely visible the property dept.’s “20th-C-Fox-32-1-22278”. In vintage screen-used very good condition.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
(Day 2) Lot 1157. Marilyn Monroe screen-used (3) table lamp bases from How to Marry a Millionaire. (TCF, 1953)
Vintage (3) glass with metal fixture 10 x 4.25 in. table-lamp bases, screen-used by Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grable. Most prominently viewed at each table of the swanky restaurant as all three girls have their first official dates, Marilyn with Alex D’Arcy, Betty with Fred Clark, and Lauren with William Powell. Etched in base by the Fox property dept. “20th-C-Fox-32-1-25416” followed variously by “V”, “F,” and “N”. Each retains what appears to be its original wiring and lamp-socket, though circuitry not tested. In vintage screen-used fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600 
(Day 2) Lot 1170. The Seven Year Itch 3-sheet poster. (TCF, 1955)
Vintage 41 x 78.5 in. U.S. 3-sheet poster. Arguably the best poster for Marilyn Monroe’s most popular film, as it comes closest to a life-size depiction of the iconic subway skirt-blowing scene, one of the most famous in all Hollywood history. Linen-backed with older simple retouching to folds and creases; would benefit greatly from a fresh restoration, though is certainly presentable as is. In vintage good to very good condition.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1175. Marilyn Monroe screen-used Lamp from Richard Sherman’s apartment in The Seven Year Itch. (TCF, 1955)
Vintage carved wood with metal fixture 31 x 7.25 in. table-lamp base, screen-used by Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. Carved as a classical Roman male bust, it is most prominently viewed (with its female counterpart, not offered here) in Tom Ewell “Richard Sherman’s” apartment, which is where nearly the entire course of action between Marilyn and Ewell takes place. Etched in rear of base by the Fox property dept. “20th-C-Fox-8-36588” then later on bottom of base for the 1971 Sotheby’s sale, “TCF 1200”. Retains what appears to be its original wiring and lamp-socket, though circuitry not tested. In vintage screen-used fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1176. The Seven Year Itch German A1 poster. (TCF, 1955/ R-1966)
Vintage original 23 x 32 in. German A-1 one-sheet poster for the Marilyn Monroe comedy. Featuring the central image of Monroe done in colorful pop-art style after Andy Warhol. Folded as issued. Exhibiting minor corner bumping and wrinkling from storage. In overall, very good condition.
Estimate: $300 - $500 
(Day 2) Lot 1177. Marilyn Monroe uncommonly scarce vintage original “Topless Cowgirl” pin-up calendar. (1948/1955)
Vintage 8.25 x 12.25 in. 4-page chromo-litho spiral-bound cheesecake pinup calendar of Marilyn Monroe in (3) highly suggestive topless cowgirl poses, plus the familiar Tom Kelly “Golden Dreams” nude pose with lace overlay. The cowgirl poses are variously titled “Southern Exposure” (a rear-view), “Caught Short” (arms wrapped round her chest) and “Coming Out On Top”. An extraordinarily scarce artifact from Marilyn’s naughty history, especially being intact with all four pages (each of which displays three months of 1955). Two spiral loops broken with a trace of wear at perforations, otherwise in vintage fine to very fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800 
(Day 2) Lot 1181. Marilyn Monroe Bus Stop 1-sheet poster. (TCF, 1956)
Vintage original U.S. 27 x 41 in. 1-sheet poster. Linen-backed, in vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600 
(Day 2) Lot 1184. Bus Stop French grande 1-sheet poster. (TCF, 1956/R-1980s)
French 47 x 63 in. grande-format poster for the circa 1980s reissue poster for the Marilyn Monroe classic drama. Folded as issued. Minor, nearly undetectable age. Vivid colors. In overall very fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1186. The Prince and the Showgirl vintage original painting of Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier by Francis R. Flint. (Warner Bros., 1957)
Vintage 20 x 30 in. oil or acrylic on canvas painting of Marilyn Monroe joining Laurence Olivier. Executed at the time of the film’s production by Francis Russell Flint, the son of famed illustrator Russell Flint, who is a respected and collected artist in his own right. Acquired from the artist’s estate, and retains his pencil-inscribed title on stretcher-bar verso “Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in ‘The Sleeping Prince’” (the film’s early working title, hence evidence documenting this painting’s early status). Also shows artist’s London address notations on stretcher bar verso, with framing notes. In vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800 
(Day 2) Lot 1199: Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits approx. 48 minutes of unseen 8mm footage sold with copyright. (UA, 1961)
Original unpublished approx. 48 minutes of color 8mm documentary film footage captured throughout the entire location shoot for Marilyn Monroe’s final [completed] film, The Misfits. Shot by uncredited extra Stanley Killar (with help from an assistant, as Killar appears occasionally on camera interacting with the cast and crew). Killar and his camera were clearly accepted with full access, judging from the intimacy of the hand-held camera with Marilyn, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, John Huston, and others. Filming begins in Reno on the casino strip filled with flashing neon signs, and around the “Mapes Hotel and Casino” which was official headquarters for the production while on location. Includes Marilyn first in the legendary cherry dress, truly radiant, then throughout the footage in a few different outfits preparing for and rehearsing scenes like the courthouse (consulting with her coach Paula Strasberg), the rodeo and the tavern; Gable riding horses, practicing roping with a lasso, getting in and out of his beautiful personal Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, rehearsing the drunken tavern scene with Marilyn, and much more, and nearly always with cigarette in holder; real stunt cowboys rehearsing the bull-riding and bulldogging scenes (at obvious great peril) as doubles for Montgomery Clift, who we then see practicing falls as inserts into the filmed stunt action (his nose injury seen in the film was genuine from earlier rodeo rehearsing); and numerous shots of director John Huston and his camera crew at work, and near the end, at play in the Virginia City, Nevada camel races. Also includes occasional shots of Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter, producer Frank Taylor, Arthur Miller, and other cast and crew. The Misfits is widely considered Marilyn’s finest dramatic acting role, as well as being one of the best for both Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift. Reasonably professional (at least to a certain degree) in nature and shot from start to finish as a sequential “film in production” documentation, with apparent working title On Sets: The Misfits. To the best of our knowledge, this footage has not been previously published or broadcast (apart from its acquisition at auction from Killar’s heirs in 2008), and is offered here with full rights and assignment of copyright to its entire content. The original 8mm film stock has been properly transferred to (2) 7 in. reels in the process of recording its entire contents onto (2) different types of DVDs, while the original metal reels and cardboard Bell & Howell boxes are retained for posterity. Film stock itself is not inspected off the reels for condition, but no problems are apparent from viewing the DVD transfer. An extraordinary and absolutely unique previously missing puzzle piece in the brief, convoluted history of Marilyn Monroe on and off screen. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1206: (2) books from the personal property of Marilyn Monroe. (1947, 1957)
Vintage (2) 8vo cloth-bound self-help/ psychology books from the personal library of Marilyn Monroe, with Christie’s “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe” auction special bookplates. Entitled Hypnotism Today by L. M. Le Cron and J. Bordeaux, and The Tower and the Abyss by Erich Kahler, both retain original dust-wrappers, and one of which exhibits a pencil notation presumed in Marilyn’s hand, “The conditioning has in some cases created a new, independent quantity—The person, who proceeds to condition himself.” Dust-wrappers chipped and stained, otherwise books themselves are in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
(Day 2) Lot 1207: (2) books from the personal property of Marilyn Monroe including Joseph Campbell’s The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology. (1948, 1959)
Vintage (2) 8vo cloth-bound self-help/ mythology books from the personal library of Marilyn Monroe, with Christie’s “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe” auction special bookplates. Entitled The Open Self by Charles Morris and The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology by Joseph Campbell, the latter retaining original dust-wrapper and exhibiting a pencil notation presumed in Marilyn’s hand, “x: After all, what are you [I] here for but pleasure. But is it pleasure. When the actress is kissed and feels the warm breath of her lover on her neck—can you feel it? No. It is not pleasure you’ll find here but it’s as if it were. We are [pretending?] it is our pleasure. The real pleasure you can only take at home, when tonight [illegible] in your bed.” Dust-wrapper shows only a trace of marginal handling, otherwise books themselves are in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
(Day 2): Lot 1208: Marilyn Monroe extensive vintage original (40+) press file including obituaries. (1961-1965)
Vintage (40+) news clippings and full sections encompassing the last year of Marilyn Monroe’s troubled life, her obituaries, plus revelations and theories to follow. A treasure trove of information contemporaneous to the time of her questionable death, including a magazine article blaming (without naming) JFK. In vintage aged, archived condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1209: Marilyn Monroe (8) half-sheet posters including Dangerous Years, Bus Stop, River of No Return and others. (Various, 1948-1960)
Vintage (8) U.S. 22 x 28 in. half-sheet posters for films featuring Marilyn Monroe throughout the entire span of her career, including Dangerous Years, Home Town Story, Let’s Make it Legal, Monkey Business, Clash by Night, River of No Return, Bus Stop, and Let’s Make Love. Each is card-stock paper-backed to correct folds, marginal losses, or other wear, though none shows extensive repair much beyond marginal and fold retouching. Overall in vintage very good condition.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
(Day 2) Lot 1210: Marilyn Japanese “B2” poster. (TCF, 1963)
Japanese 20 x 28 in. “B2” poster for the post-mortem documentary by Fox to capitalize on the Marilyn cult sweeping the world after her untimely death. Highlighted by the climactic moment in the “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” number. Unfolded, in vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300 
(Day 2) Lot 1211: Andy Warhol signed “Marilyn” Castelli Gallery invitation. (1981)
Vintage original invitation to the Castelli Gallery’s Andy Warhol print retrospective (1963-1981). The 12 x 12 in. colorful invitation with Warhol’s iconic original “Marilyn” silkscreen print (1967). On the occasion of her death in 1962, Warhol chose the Gene Korman publicity photo of Monroe as “Rose Loomis” from the film Niagara as the basis for his instantly recognizable Pop Art treatment of the Hollywood sex symbol. Featuring printed red text on hot pink background in the lower left and right corner reading, “Andy Warhol” and “Castelli Graphics”. The legendary artist has signed boldly, in black pen, “Andy Warhol” vertically, to the left of the image. Show information, gallery address, November 21 through December 22, 1981 date and original print info: “Illustrated: Marilyn, 1967, silkscreen, 36 x 36 inches, edition of 250, published by Factory Additions” on the verso. With very minor signs of age. In vintage, very fine condition.
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1212: 20th Century Fox “Marilyn Monroe” CineSimplex Model D Camera #6.
The CineSimplex Model D was truly built as a better choice than the heavily-blimped Mitchell cameras at other studios. It was extremely light. Indeed, the camera was so revolutionary that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded it a Class One Technical Academy Award. The camera cost $140,000 to build in 1940, a time when a Mitchell could be purchased for $15,000! Of the 17 CineSimplex Model D cameras designed and built for 20th Century Fox, only six still exist today. This #6 camera is the only example with its complete set of Bausch & Lomb Baltar lenses (25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 75 and 100mm) built specifically for this camera, matched to be optically perfect. Of particular importance, this #6 camera photographed more Marilyn Monroe films than any other, including, How To Marry A Millionaire, Let’s Make Love, Bus Stop, River of No Return, Monkey Business, and her last film Something’s Got To Give. 20th Century Fox assigned cameras to specific Directors of Photography. This #6 camera was assigned to Charles G. Clarke, ASC by the studio. Mr. Clarke’s camera was the very first used to photograph in CinemaScope. All tests for the new process were done with #6 and it worked with Leon Shamroy’s camera on The Robe. Comes with Mitchell head and wooden tripod with spreader, 20th Century Fox wooden lens box, (1) Bausch & Lomb CinemaScope lens and wooden case full of camera accessories with “Hugh Crawford Camera” (Clarke’s assistant’s) name painted on the lid. Comes with a letter of provenance from Roy H. Wagner, ASC. From the collection of Debbie Reynolds.
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 
(Day 2) Lot 1220: All About Eve screen-used prop “Sarah Siddons” award.
(TCF, 1950) Vintage original gold-lacquered cast acrylic 5.5 x 5.5 in. sculpture of 18th Century actress Sarah Siddons (based upon Sir Joshua Reynolds 1784 portrait of her as “The Tragic Muse”) which is a key integral plot element in the Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and Marilyn Monroe classic film of backstage imbroglios. On 3.5 x 5.75 in. black-painted wooden base. Bette Davis as “Margo Channing” portrays the consummate stage actress and object of idolatry and envy in newcomer Anne Baxter as “Eve Harrington”, who manipulates Channing in order to usurp her crown as queen of the theatre, with the “Sarah Siddons” award being the badge of that distinction. This is one of the most recognized and revered “award” props ever featured in any film, not only from its importance in the story, but even more so from the continually growing fame and respect this extraordinary film garners. One of only three Sarah Siddons Award props visible during the ceremony, the statues are not only the object of specific attention through the opening sequence but one is then visible prominently throughout the film displayed on Margo Channing’s mantle. Years of storage have left the figure bereft only of its hands, with just a few tiny paint chips and bumps to figure and base, which is also missing the name placard. A truly fantastic, indelible icon from the golden-age of Hollywood. In vintage very good condition.
Estimate price: $4,000 - $6,000 
Hollywood Legends - 06/2015 - Various
Vêtements & Accessoires
Lot 945: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED GLOVE
A white glove signed by Marilyn Monroe. The glove is signed on the back in blue ink. Housed in a framed display with five images of Monroe. Not examined outside of frame.
Winning bid:$16,250 - Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000 
Lot 1010: MARILYN MONROE BRASSIERE CUP LINERS
A pair of Marilyn Monroe bra cup liners from her professional wardrobe. The first is a crème satin liner, the other is black lace. A Christie's lot tag is pinned to one of the garments, as they were originally intended to be sold in Christie's 1999 Monroe estate auction. No sizes present.
PROVENANCE Lot 79, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Winning bid:$10,625 - Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 1011: MARILYN MONROE BLACK VELVET HAT
A Marilyn Monroe black velvet hat made by Montaldo’s. Two plastic combs attached to the interior to keep the hat in place.
PROVENANCE Partial lot 293, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 to 28, 1999
Winning bid:$3,520 - Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 1012: MARILYN MONROE OWNED HAT
A Marilyn Monroe owned straw hat with frayed brim. Felt applique reads “Isla Margarita” brim. Hat band is decorated with red applique felt flowers and green felt vegetation. No size present.
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 450, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
unsold - Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 
Lot 1013: MARILYN MONROE BUSTIER
A black velvet boned bustier from the estate of Marilyn Monroe. The fitted bustier has ribbed fabric below the waistline to tuck into the bottom garment. A label reads "Calif Shirt."
PROVENANCE Partial lot 104, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Winning bid:$8,960 - Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 
Lot 1014: MARILYN MONROE SILK UNDERSKIRT
A black silk underskirt from the estate of Marilyn Monroe. The skirt has a waistband with hook and eye closures and a label that reads "Polly's 480 Park New York Evelyn Byrnes, Inc." The skirt slightly balloons at hips to the slender-fitting satin band at mid-thigh.
PROVENANCE Partial lot 104, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
unsold - Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 
Lot 1032: MARILYN MONROE SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE DRESS
A Marilyn Monroe worn dress from her final film, Something's Got to Give (20th Century Fox, 1962). The figure-hugging silk crepe dress is printed with scattered painterly roses in shades of persimmon and deep cherry with a plunging V back. The interior of the studio constructed dress has hand finished details, is lined with ivory souffle, and has boning to the waistline. Jean Louis was the costume designer on the film. Monroe wore this dress when her character, who was proclaimed dead and returns from being stranded on an island for five years, is introduced in the film and reunited with her children, who do not realize she is their mother. Monroe was fired from the film, and while the studio tried to replace her with Lee Remick, the film's leading man, Dean Martin, refused to finish the film without Monroe. Monroe's untimely death came less than a month after she was let go from the production.
In 1989, raw footage of the uncompleted movie was discovered in 20th Century Fox’s film vault by the producers of Fox Entertainment News, who edited 37 minutes of the film, featured in the FEN documentary Marilyn: Something’s Got to Give (Fox Network, 1990). The edited footage was later re-purposed in AMC’s 2001 documentary Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (Prometheus Entertainment), which aired on what would have been Monroe’s 75th birthday.
Winning bid:$358,000 - Estimate: $300,000 - $500,000 
Maquillage
Lot 998: MARILYN MONROE COSMETIC JAR
A Marilyn Monroe lidded cosmetic jar. The ivorine jar is marked "La Maire" on underside of base, with glass liner.
1 3/4 by 3 1/4 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 264, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Winning bid:$2,240 - Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 
Lot 999: MARILYN MONROE ERNO LASZLO FACE POWDER
A Marilyn Monroe owned container of Erno Laszlo Duo-pHase face powder. The powder color is labeled as "Ivory."
2 by 3 1/4 by 3 1/4 inches
PROVENANCE Partial lot 258, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Winning bid:$2,240 - Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 
Lot 1000: MARILYN MONROE EYELINER PENCILS
A pair of Marilyn Monroe Maybelline eyeliner pencils in dark brown.
Length, 2 3/4 inches, each
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 275, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Winning bid:$2,500 - Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 1001: MARILYN MONROE HAIR ROLLER
A Marilyn Monroe owned spring style hair roller.
Length, 3 inches; Diameter, 3/4 inch
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 245, “Property From the Estate of Marilyn Monroe,” Julien’s Auctions, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005.
Winning bid:$896 - Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 1008: MARILYN MONROE LEATHER BOX WITH COLOR CODED JARS
A Marilyn Monroe owned small leather box containing five plastic jars with color coded lids. Leather box with hinged lid and snap tab. Christie's tag affixed to underside of box indicating that it was intended for the 1999 Marilyn Monroe estate auction.
2 by 5 1/4 by 1 1/4 inches
PROVENANCE Partial lot 275, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Winning bid:$2,560 - Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Objets Divers
Lot 926 MARILYN MONROE STERLING SILVER COMPACT
A sterling silver compact given to Marilyn Monroe by The Jewelry Academy. A square cosmetic compact with two-tone geometric lid bearing a medallion that reads “Jewelry Academy Award 1952.” Inscribed on underside “To Marilyn Monroe/ The best friend a diamond ever had/ The Jewelry Academy/ Sidney M Brownstein/ President.” Interior contains a mirror, powder makeup and a poof labeled “Elgin American.” Accompanied by the original lot card from the 1999 Christie's auction.
PROVENANCE Lot 317, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Winning bid:$25,600 - Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
Lot 930 MARILYN MONROE 1953 GOLDEN DREAMS CALENDAR
A 1953 Marilyn Monroe Golden Dreams calendar. The lithograph image of Monroe, which reads "Golden Dreams" and "Made in U.S.A.," is affixed to wood grain paper where "Marilyn Monroe" has been printed and the 1953 calendar is stapled. The calendar was made by Wholesale Calendar Company out of New Albany, Indiana. The calendar has been mounted into a matte.
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Marvin Paige
Winning bid:$375 - Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 933 MARILYN MONROE PAINTING BY ERIK WAHL
An aerosol and acrylic on cardboard portrait of Marilyn Monroe executed by Erik Wahl. Signed to the lower right.
Winning bid:$640 - Estimate: $1,000 - $3,000 
Lot 934 MARILYN MONROE PORTRAIT BY SIDNEY MAURER
An acrylic and mixed media painting on foam core board paper depicting Marilyn Monroe. Signed by the artist at lower left.
Winning bid:$2,187.50 - Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 959: MARILYN MONROE SIDE VIEW X-RAY
An X-ray of Marilyn Monroe from a side view. Printed on the X-ray is the following information: "Cedars of Lebanon Hospital/Drs. E. Freedman and S. Finck/ Name Di Maggio Marilyn/ No. 50612 Date 11-10-54/ Ref. By Dr. L. Krohn." While a radiology resident at Cedars, a young doctor obtained these X-rays. When he taught at the school himself, he used these X-rays to ensure that students were paying attention. Monroe was said to have known about the X-rays and their use, about which she said, "Isn't that sweet." Monroe's hospital visit was said to be for her chronic endometriosis, or as her doctors described it, "For correction of a female disorder she has suffered for years."
17 by 13 3/4 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 818, "Hollywood Legends," Julien's Auctions, Las Vegas, June 26-27, 2010
Winning bid:$12,500 - Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 
Lot 1004: MARILYN MONROE JASPERWARE TRINKET BOX
A Wedgwood Jasperware lidded trinket box owned by Marilyn Monroe. The lilac colored box (referred to as mauve colored in the 1999 Christie's catalog) features a classical allegorical image on the lid with rosettes and other raised foliate embellishments. The underside of the rectangular-shaped box is impressed "Wedgwood/ Made in/ England" and the number "9." Also affixed to the box is a Christie's lot tag and barcode.
3 1/2 by 1 3/4 by 1 1/4 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 461, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Winning bid:$4,062.50 - Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 1005: MARILYN MONROE OWNED ANTIQUE FRAME
A Marilyn Monroe owned antique brown and gold oval plaster and wood Victorian style frame. A black and white image of Monroe has been added to the frame by the current owner.
Frame Height, 14 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 217, "Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe," Julien's, Los Angeles, June 4, 2005
Winning bid:$2,240 - Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Lot 1006: MARILYN MONROE LET'S MAKE LOVE CHAISE LOUNGE
A chaise lounge with rococo-style carved wooden frame used in the Marilyn Monroe romantic comedy Let's Make Love (20th Century Fox, 1960). Featured in the scene where Jean-Marc, played by Yves Montand, performs the title song "Let's Make Love" while fantasizing about being with the character Amanda, played by Monroe. The scene has extra significance in light of the fact that Monroe and Montand were having a highly publicized affair during production. The lounge also appears in the film A Royal Scandal (20th Century Fox, 1945) in the scene where Catherine the Great, played by Tallulah Bankhead, seductively questions Lieutenant Alexei Chernoff, played by William Eythe. Contains 20th Century Fox studio marks to the underside in black ink. Accompanied by an original copy of the 20th Century Fox Memorabilia Auction catalog, a copy of the film Let's Make Love, and the illustrated Monroe biography Marilyn: Her Life & Legend (Beekman House, 1990).
92 by 54 1/2 by 34 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 510, "Movie Memorabilia, The Property of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation," Sotheby-Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, California, February 25-28, 1971
Winning bid:$56,250 - Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000 
Lot 1007: MARILYN MONROE GREEN GLASS CARAFE
A Marilyn Monroe owned green-tinted mallet form glass carafe. A Christie's lot sticker is affixed to the underside.
Height, 10 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 406, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe," Christie's, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
unsold - Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
lot 1009: MARILYN MONROE TURQUOISE FLEUR-DE-LIS WALLET
A Marilyn Monroe wallet with turquoise calfskin exterior embellished with a pattern of gold gilt fleur-de-lis. The wallet unsnaps to an orange calfskin interior billfold. A cream calfskin coin compartment opens with a side kissing clasp. Original Christie's tag is present.
4 3/4 by 4 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 100, "Fine Manuscripts," Christie's, Los Angeles, Sale number 9814, September 20, 2001
Winning bid:$4,062.50 - Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 1039: MARILYN MONROE MEXICAN TAPESTRY
A Mexican wall hanging wool tapestry owned by Marilyn Monroe. Tapestry reads “Chac Mool,” with figure holding a bowl of fire. Accompanied by a Gene Anthony photograph of the tapestry in Monroe’s Brentwood home.
77 by 55 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 450, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” Christie’s, New York, Sale number 9216, October 27 & 28, 1999
Winning bid:$16,640 - Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 
Lot 1040: MARILYN MONROE GRAVE MARKER
Marilyn Monroe’s former grave marker from Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Made by the Gasser-Olds bronze casting company, this marker was removed in the 1970s and replaced with a new grave marker. The marker reads simply “MARILYN MONROE/ 1926 – 1962.” Monroe’s grave site became a destination for Monroe’s fans and the constant touching of the marker led to wear and damage. When the marker was replaced the old marker was returned to Gasser-Olds and was given to an employee of the company.
4 1/2 by 15 inches
Winning bid:$212,500 - Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 
Expo Private Marilyn du 19/10/2013 au 6/04/2014
Marilyn privée: l'être humain derrière le concept Monroe.
Exposition temporaire unique
Cette exposition temporaire unique permettra de découvrir, pour la première fois en Suisse, plus de 700 objets personnels certifiés ayant appartenu à l'inoubliable et incomparable Marilyn Monroe. L'exposition jette un œil derrière l'aspect glamour de la star hollywoodienne Marilyn Monroe, qui, même des décennies après sa mort, continue de nous envoûter.
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La collection privée de Ted Stampfer est la collection privée connue sur Marilyn Monroe la plus importante d'Europe. Considéré comme un expert, Ted Stampfer fait partie des quelques particuliers à faire profiter le public de sa collection. Le but de l'exposition n'est pas seulement de se remémorer l'actrice douée qui a marqué l'histoire de son unique manière d'être et de sa présence incomparable, mais surtout de mettre en évidence la personne Marilyn Monroe, son côté plus intime et moins connu. Car derrière la façade du sex-symbol se cachait une femme d'affaires avisée avec des idées concrètes. Malgré sa célébrité, Marilyn Monroe est restée un être humain tout à fait équilibré.
Marilyn Monroe naît à Los Angeles le 1er juin 1926 sous le nom de Norma Jeane Mortenson et est baptisée du nom de Norma Jeane Baker. Elle grandit dans différentes familles d'accueil. Après une carrière pleine de succès comme mannequin, elle signe son premier contrat cinématographique en 1946. Au cours des années cinquante, elle devient la plus grande star d'Hollywood. Elle meurt le 5 août 1962 d'une overdose de somnifères. Jusqu'ici, il n'a jamais été prouvé que ce soit un accident, une mort délibérée ou un meurtre.
Expo au Musée d'Hollywood
Du 1er juin 2012 au 2 septembre 2012, une exposition "Marilyn Monroe: The Exhibit - An Intimate Look at the Legend" se tient au Hollywood Museum, à Hollywood, en Californie, aux USA.
Pour marquer les 50 ans de sa disparition, une grande exposition autour de Marilyn Monroe est organisée à Hollywood, en collaboration avec le photographe Georges Barris qui présente des photographies jusqu'ici encore jamais vues.
Contenu de l'expo:
Des vêtements:
> Marilyn Monroe’s million-dollar honeymoon dress, worn on her honeymoon for her marriage to Joe DiMaggio. This was Marilyn’s favorite gown designed by Ceil Chapman, hand beaded in Marilyn’s signature style. Marilyn wore this gown on numerous occasions including a USO tour to entertain 10,000 troops in Korea in 1954.
> Marilyn’s famous cream colored, beaded costume worn in the 1957 film The Prince and the Show Girl.
> Personal wardrobe items including the lime green Pucci blouse Marilyn Monroe wore in the last ever photos of her taken alive, together with Marilyn’s favorite furs and accessories.
> The evening cape worn by Marilyn to the 1955 world premiere of the James Dean classic East of Eden.
Des photographies:
> Never before seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken by her close personal friend George Barris.
> The famous “Red Velvet” photographs by photographer Tom Kelly. Shot in 1949, Marilyn was still a struggling actress, delinquent in her monthly car rental payments and on the brink of having her car repossessed. To earn quick money, Marilyn agreed to pose at a typical “day rate” for what would become this legendary photo shoot.
> Rare family photographs of Marilyn Monroe.
Objets divers:
> Furniture and artwork from Marilyn’s Brentwood home, including the solid wood dresser that was next to Marilyn’s bed in her bedroom the night she died.
> NBC’s critically acclaimed “Smash” will have a special costume display featuring their Marilyn Monroe dresses.
> Original works of art by famed artist Robert A. Delgadillo and LUDVIC.
> Max Factor ‘s “Marilyn Monroe” makeup room where he created the famous “Marilyn Monroe blonde” hair including Marilyn’s makeup case and other personal items on display.
> A prescription pill bottle and the Decodron vial found next to her bed at the time of her death.
> A vast photograph collection of many never-before-seen photos of Marilyn’s childhood, family and early modeling career, including an array of photographs showing how Monroe lived, worked and played in Los Angeles.
> Original Magazine and newspaper articles conveying Monroe’s popularity and the kinds of coverage accorded both her career and personal life.
> Marilyn Monroe’s annotated film scripts, personal letters, invoices, receipts and financial accounting documents, showcasing in great detail the personal and very private life of the greatest film star of all time.
> An original Ralph Emerson Jr. High School photo showing a young Norma Jeane.
> Marilyn’s personal Kodak Brownie camera from her childhood.
Et bien d'autres choses encore...
>> Sur le web:
site officiel The Hollywood Museum
site du photographe Georges Barris
site de Scott Fortner sur marilynmonroecollection
photos sur paperblog
Enchères Juliens 2010
An x-ray of Marilyn Monroe's chest is going under the auctioneer's hammer along with other memorabilia.
An x-ray of Marilyn Monroe's chest taken by a young doctor in 1954 when she was admitted to the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for surgery for endometriosis. The doctor apparently later used the x-ray in lectures to students and more recently left the x-ray to his daughter who is putting it up for sale. It is expected to sell for up to $1,200.
The X-ray is just one of many Monroe-related items up for sale at an auction being staged at the Planet Hollywood resort and casino in Las Vegas on June 26 this year by Julien's Auctioneers .
Other items include this couch from the office of Marilyn Monroe's therapist, Dr. Ralph Greenson. Greenson began treating Marilyn after her breakdown while filming The Misfits (1961).
Marilyn Monroe's change of rate card from 20th Century Fox dated May 11, 1953. Monroe's weekly pay rate changed from $750.00 to $1,250.
Pink long-sleeved boat neck Pucci blouse of silk jersey. Given to the daughter of Monroe's analyst in 1962 because Monroe felt it was too large for her.
An original black and white print of a photograph taken in 1954 of Marilyn Monroe in Korea.
An unopened bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume owned by Monroe. Monroe aligned herself with the perfume in 1953, when asked what she wore to bed, Monroe replied, Chanel No. 5.
A 32-page prompt book for the film 'Something's Got to Give' with title card typed with the name 'Marilyn Monroe'. Monroe was working on this remake of 'My Favorite Wife' at the time of her death. Notes throughout the book written in pencil by Monroe with her stage directions to herself.
An Italian-style carved chair with green velvet upholstery used in a July 1962 Marilyn Monroe photo shoot with Life magazine.
Vintage wooden skis with metal initials "MM" on each ski, believed to be owned by Marilyn Monroe and used in an early photo shoot circa 1945.
27 & 28/10/1999, Christie's, "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe": Lots Partie 5
Enchères "The Personal Property Of Marilyn Monroe"
27 & 28 octobre 1999
- Partie 5 : Lots 365 à 469 : Vie privée -
Les décorations maison
> 27 & 28/10/1999, Christie's: Catalogue "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe"
Vie privée: Objets divers de décoration maison - "La Déco"
Private life: Miscellaneous home decoration objects - "The decorative"
Lot 365: A SET OF GYM EQUIPMENT
Including weight bench and Exercise Weights ; Circa 1950s, includes a weight bench, covered in red vinyl, and approximately 25 excercise weights, ranging from 1 1/4 to 10 lbs.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 / Sold: $59,700
Lot 366: A GROUP OF COLORLESS GLASS STEMWARE (16)
Comprising: Three red wine glasses etched Baccarat mark, height, 8 1/2 in.
Six white wine glasses etched JRC mark,height, 7 3/4 in.
Three pilsner glasses, each trumpet form with swirl molded sides and disk foot,height, 9 in.
Two cordial glasses with spirally-molded stems and disk feet,height,8 1/2 in.
Two wine glasses with trumpet-form bowls and interior swirl molded ribs,height 6 1/2 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $8,625
Lot 367: A GROUP OF GLASS ARTICLES (5)
Comprising: - A French gilt brass and cut colorless glass peppermill, the bell-form cut in a lattice, the grip with acorn finial, on three globular feet,height, 12 in.
- Two gree-tinted and colorless glass water goblets with molded bowls,heights, 8 and 7 1/2 in.
- Am amber-tinted wine glass with swirl-molded bowl and trumpet foot, height, 6 1/4 in.
- A baluster form cordial glass etched Lenox mark,height, 7 1/4 in.
- A pilsner glass,height, 10 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 368: PAIR OF MODERNE CUT COLORLESS GLASS TWO LIGHT CANDELABRA (2)
Etched Baccarat France mark / Each on an ogee molded rectangular foot with rectangular center and square nozzles.
Height: 3in. Lenght: 6 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $9,200
Lot 369: A CHINESE GREEN JADE AND CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE
AN AMERICAN' BRILLANT PERIOD' CUT-GLASS BOWL.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $8,625
Lot 370: A CHINESE GREEN JADE AND CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE
Late 19th/20th century / Of spade form, carved with a bird perched in branch, the reverse with four character mark, on pierced carved wood stand.
Height overall: 2 3/4 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $5,750
Lot 371: A GROUP OF COLORLESS GLASS TABLEWARE (13)
Comprising: - Three colorless glass vases etched Baccarat, two of square tapering form, and one of a beaker form with paneled side, height, 2 1/2 in. A pair of cut colorless glass candlesticks, each with a paneled tapering foot and flaring nozzle, etched Cartier mark, height, 3 1/2 in.
- An assorted group of colorless cordial and shotglasses, comprising two with fluted bowls and reeded stems, two with plain items and disk feet, and three with globular terminals.
- A colorless basket-form toothpick holder with molded loop handles to side, height, 2 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $7,475
Lot 372: TWO PAIRS OF ANDIRONS (4)
Comprising: - A pair of Federal-style brass and cast iron andirons, with cannonball finials and spurred scrolled legs, height 18 in.
- A pair of Louis XVI style bronzed metal chanets, each of a stop-reeded torch form with foliate finial, height, 17 1/2 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 373: KONZAL BUST OF CARL SANDBURG
Black paint terra cotta. Height: 10 in.
Photo ref.: Norman Mailer, Marilyn, 1973, p.217,
Literary ref.: Berniece Baker Miracle and Mona Rae Miracle, My sister Marilyn, 1994,p.151.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $48,300
Lot 375: A BAROQUE STYLE GOLD-PAINTED DIPTYCH PICTURE FRAME (3)
Early 20th century, each portion with a shell crest and two foliate finials, the frames enclosing photographic portraits of a woman, possibly Eleanora Duse.
Together with two rectangular silver picture frames. 12 x 10 in. and smaller.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $4,025
Lot 376: A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL STYLE CREAM-PAINTED COMMODE
The serpentine top with molded edge over three drawers above two long drawers, with scalloped apron and short cabriole legs, carved throughout with acanthus and scrolls. Height: 34 1/4 in. Width: 33 in.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 / Sold: $4,830 
Lot 378: A GROUP OF ARTICLES (4)
Comprising: - A blue-tinted glass oversized goblet, the oviform bowl with diamond facet molded stem on flaring foot, height, 12 in.
- A Russian enamel beaker, date 1896, decorated to one side with a double headed eagle; on the other with initials in Cyrillic HL, height, 4 in.
- A Finish glass martini pitcher, etched Timo Sarpaneva-littala mark, dated 1957, of swelling cylindrical form with slight peaked spout, height, 9 1/4 in.
- A gilt-decorated cranberry glass bud vase, of baluster form and painted with flowers and leaves, on a multi-ringed knopped foot, height, 6 1/2 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $5,175
Lot 379: A PAIR OF REGENCY STYLE BEECHWOOD FAUTEUILS (2)
Each canted rectangular back with an arched crest over padded arms and a bowed seat covered in an ivory-colored satin, on grooved cabriole legs ending in shaped bulbous feet joined by a curved X-stretcher. Height: 43 in.
Photo ref.: The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, see lot 443
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 / Sold: $12,650
Lot 380: A REGENCY STYLE STAINED FRUITWOOD ARMCHAIR
Labeled Chair Craft Furniture Co., Hickory, North Carolina, the barrel back and downcurved sides filled with caning, with upholstered seat and ring-turned round tapering legs. Height: 35 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $4,600
Lot 381: A GEORGIAN STYLE BRASS FOOTMAN
The rectangular top over a molded flaring apron flanked by cylindrical grips, on flattened cabriole legs with ball feet.
Height: 12 in. Width: 18in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $4,370
Lot 382: A BRASS-PLATED NICKEL CARRIAGE CLOCK
Circa 1920s rectangular with glazed sides, the handle surmounted by two bells.
Height: 8 1/4 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $8,050
Lot 383: A CARVED GREY STONE FEMALE TORSO AFTER THE ANTIQUE
20th century / On a variegated white marble base.
Height overall: 20 1/2 in. Photo ref.:Time Life Syndication, New York
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $34,500
Lot 384: A CHINESE MACHINE EMBROIDERED OFFICIAL'S BADGE
1950S Circular and depicting two pheasants in flower-filled vines, in gold and black-painted octogonal frame.
Length: 15 1/4 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $2,530
Lot 385: A GROUP OF MEXICAN GLASS TABLEWARE (24)
Circa 1950s/60s, comprising:
Six amber-colored swirl-molded pilsner glasses
Six amber-colored swirl-molded julep glasses
Five amber-colored swirl-molded brandy snifters
An amber-colored martini glass
Four white and green swirl-decorated tumblers
Two green swirl-molded goblets
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $5,175 
Lot 386: A GROUP OF GREEN GLASS TUMBLERS AND A VASE
Circa 1950s/60s, comprising four of round tapering form with an interior pale green swirl decoration, and two globular with molded swirl, height, 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 in; together with a two-mold milk glass hand and horn-shaped spill vase, early 20th century, height, 8 1/2 in. (7)
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $4,830
Lot 387: A GROUP OF GREEN AND COLORLESS GLASS WINE AND WATER GLASSES (9)
Comprising five green and colorless flash glass water goblets, circa 1950s, by an unknown American manufacturer, each with a panelled bell-form bowl and slight tapering stem on disc foot with star base height, 8 1/4 in.; together with four Italian green and colorless glass wine glasses, each in a bell-form and tapering stem with interior spiral decoration, height, 4 3/4 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $9,775 
Lot 388: A SILENT BUTLER AND A BOTTLE FRAME
The silent butter circular with turned wooden handle and maker's mark of Oneida, lenght, 10 1/2 in.; the bottle frame pierced and silver-plated of cylindrical form. (2).
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $4,025
Lot 389: A MEXICAN ORANGE AND WHITE BLOWN GLASS CENTER BOWL
Circa 1950s/60s / Oviform with flaring sides, the underside with coiled ribs.
Height: 6 1/2. Width: 30 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 390: A GROUP OF SILVER PICTURE FRAMES (3)
A gilt-brass easel frame, circa 1900, rectangular with an oval panel center and acanthus edged corners surmounted with pierced floral panel, filled with mylar, 12 x 19 1/4 in. A sterling silver diptych picture frame retailed by J.E Caldwell Et Co., engraved M, 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.
An oval frame on spherical feet, lenght, 4 1/4 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $6,900
Lot 392: A GROUP OF CUT AND PRESSED GLASS ARTICLES (5)
Mid 20th Century; Comprising:
A cylindrical vase with ribbed sides and leaf- shaped medaillons, height, 11 3/4 in.
A urn-form vase cut with thumbprint and roundel pattern, height, 8 in.
A footed bowl of hemispherical form with paneled sides and lobed rim, height, 7 in., diameter, 13 1/2 in.
A suqare decanter and stopper with rounded collar, height, 6 1/4 in., lenght, 6 in.
A cut colorless decanter and stopper, circa 1950s, of canted rectangular form cut with a lattice pattern to sides, the globular stopper with undulating bands and central star, height, 10 1/4 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $5,750
Lot 393: A GROUP OF GLASS ARTICLES (5)
Circa 1950s/60s, comprising:
A blown colorless glass double cruet, of ribbed baluster form with flaring neck and disc base, marked Bottle made in France, height, 8 in.
A sphere, diameter, 3 in.
An octogonal ashtray, lenght, 3 in.
A geodesic ashtray, with triangular interior, chipped, lenght, 8 in.
Am amethyst glass ewer of baluster form with a flaring neck and crimped spout, applied loop handle, height, 8 1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $9,200
Lot 394: A GROUP OF BAR ARTICLES (17)
A cocktail service of eleven sterling silver cocktail cups and silver-plated tray, the tray with maker's mark of Wilcox Silver Plate Co., Meriden Connecticut, diameter, 13 1/4 in.
Three cranberry glass bottle-form flask and stoppers, each with etchedgravepine decoration to siddes and an elongated lemon-form stopper, height, 14 3/4 in.
A silver-plated metal jigger of graduated cylindrical form with an angular strap handle marked 1 oz., 1 1/2 oz and 2 oz., with maker's mark of Napier Compagny, Meriden Connecticut, height, 2 1/4 in.
A silver-platted thimble-form jigger of round tapering form with knurl lower band engraved Only a Thimble Ful, height, 2 in.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 / Sold: $9,775
Lot 395: A CAST-METAL AND STAINED GLASS TABLE LAMP
early 20th century / The circular base cast with drapery swags and anthemion and supporting a round tapering stem with patera and opposing bellflowers, the panelled shade with pierced beaded lattice work framing. Height: 27 1/2 in. Width: 20 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $11,500
Lot 396: AN INDIAN HAMMERED BRASS VESSEL MOUNTED AS A LAMP
The baluster-form body with bowl-shaped rim and loop handle, repousse decorated with female figures in leafy-filled arcade panels.
Height: 38 in. Photo ref.: James Haspiel, Marilyn: The Ultimate Look at the Legend, 1991, p.198
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $7,475
Lot 397: A GROUP OF CASTERS CIRCA 1950S (12)
A pair of cut-glass and gilt-metal casters, each with a facet-cut swelling cylindrical body and domed pierced cover with knurl banded edge, one opening to reveal a pepper mill, height: 8 in.
A pair of sterling silver baluster-form casters with maker's mark of Towle Silversmiths, Newburyport, Massachusetts, each with a pierced domed cover, and lemon finial, height: 4 1/2 in.
A pair of pressed glass and chrome-plated metal casters, each of swirl-molded globular form with a pierced mushroom-shaped cover, height 2 in.
A set of four cut-glass and chrome-plated metal casters, labeled Made in Western Germany, each of square tapering form with a pierced acorn-form cover, height 3in.
Two silver-plated pepper mills, height 2 1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $17,250
Lot 398: AN EDWARD VII STERLING SILVER HAND MIRROR
Maker's mark of HM, Birmingham, 1902. Lenght: 7 3/4 in.
The circular body embossed with five cherub heads, with loop handle and rope-banded fillet.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $25,300
Lot 399: A SET OF ELEVEN LAVENDER COLORED DOUBLE SHOT GLASSES (11)
Circa 1950s/60s, each cylindrical, height, 3 5/8 in; together with a lavender glass globular vase.
Height: 8 1/2 in. Photo ref.: James Haspiel, Marilyn: The Ultimate Look at the Legend, 1991, p.198
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $5,750
Lot 400: A SET OF FOUR CUT COLORLESS GLASS DECANTERS AND STOPPERS (4)
Etched Baccarat France mark, circa 1950s>
Each of a panelled mallet-form with flaring neck, the facet-cut sperical stoppers marked 116, 105,45 and 15.
Height: 8 3/4 in. and smaller
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $8,625
Lot 401: A GROUP OF ENAMELED COOKWARE AND COPPER KITCHEN UTENSILS (17)
Comprising: - An assembled group of Le Creuset pale yellow enamelled cookware comprised of an oval roasting pan and cover, lenght 14 in., a two- handled cylindrical pot with ringed cover and black plastic handle, lenght, 8 1/2 in., two saucepans and covers, lenghts, 10 and 9 1/2 in., a two-handled au gratin dish, lenght 9 1/2 in., and three saucepans with two lips, lenghts 13 3/4 in and smaller.
- A Bazar Franais "666" cylindrical copper pot and cover, height, 9 in.
- A waldo hemispherical colander with loop handles to sides, lenght, 14 in.
- Two copper saucepans, lenghts, 19 1/2 in, and smaller.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $25,300
Lot 403: A PAIR OF LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL STYLE GREY AND CREAM-PAINTED BEDSIDE TABLES (2)
Each rectangular top with reeded edge over two short and a single long drawer flanked by panelled sides, with scalloped apron and squared cabriole legs, one with missing drawre. Height: 25 1/2 in. Width: 35 1/2 in.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 / Sold: $9,775
Lot 404: A QUILTED AND BUTTONED UPHOLSTERED HEADBOARD
Rectangular on block feet, covered in an ivory-colored silk.
Height: 11 in. Lenght: 68 1/2 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 / Sold: $8,625
Lot 405: A TURQUOISE BLUE AND WHITE GLASS TRUMPET VASE
20th century, possibly Italian. Of round-tapring form with an applied swirl band.
Height: 25 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $4,830
Lot 406: A WEDGEWOOD BASALT BOWL (5)
Impressed Wedgwood Made in England, the hemispherical body with a ribbed lower band and feather edge on ring foot, height, 4 1/2 in., diameter, 10 1/2 in; together with:
An Italian blue glass bowl with bubbled interior and crimped, tripartite rim, lenght, 7 in.
A Mexican blue glass bowl with creamy blue swirl, single lip and crimped edge, lenght, 6 1/4 in.
Two green-tinted glass carafes, each of mallet form, one with triple-ringed neck, height, 111 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $4,600
Lot 407: SIX PEARL MOUNTED SILVERPLATED METAL TEASPOONS (6)
Each with a shield-shaped back, mounted with a cultured pearl on medallion marked Mikimoto.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $4,600
Lot 408: A GROUP OF EIGHT ASSORTED ASHTRAYS (8)
Including a souvenir from San Francisco.
The Steak Joint ashtray and the mirror are not for sale
Photo ref.: The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, see lot 443.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $8,050
Lot 409: A GROUP OF SMOKER'S ARTICLES (4)
A Penguin cigarette lighter and a cylindrical white porcelain canister painted with gilt butterflies, signed Hardy, height, 4 in.
An ice chunk-form ashtray with hemispherical well, 9 x9 in.
A white -glazed porcelain matchbook holder and ashtray, height 4 in.
A ppier mache card tray of rounded, rectangular form with applied print marked The Pen-mans Parody Both Pleasant Et Profitable...., invented and performed by John Seddon. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $4,600
Lot 410: A MODERNISTIC SCULPTURE
By C.Schein - Depicting Marilyn Monroe, of maple and mahogany on an elongated pyramid-form base and square plinth, signed to base.
Height: 20 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 411: A SHELL VENEERED WASTEPAPER BASKET
Of square tapering form with scalloped rim and bracket feet, the interior painted with gilt flower vines, height, 14 1/2 in .; together with a similarly decorated table bnox with two canted hinged lids and pierced grip (containing an ivory letter opener; and a small gilt-metal box) and a mother-of-pearl and wood box cover.
Height: 2 1/2 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $9,200
Lot 412: A SET OF SIX CHROME PLATED METAL BEAKERS AND A BOTTLE COASTER (7)
The beakers of cylindrical form, with ringed lower portion and three circular bosses to rim, height, 3 1/4 in., the Americam silverplated bottle coater, circa 1940s/50s, with a tri-lobed holder with beaded edges and repousse scrolling bands on three pierced flaring feet, the rod stem terminating in a leaf-wrapped handle, height, 16 1/2 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 413: A GROUP OF TABLEWARE (19)
Comprising:
An english silver-plated and faux ivory party fish service, comprising six fish forks and five knives, branded EPNS, in a Carvel Hall box covered in faux leather>
A helmet-shaped gravy boat with molded edge and key shaped handle, lenght, 8 1/2 in.
A wine goblet with beaded rim and foot, height, 5 3/4 in.
A German thermos bottle with mercury glass liner, height, 7 3/4 in. Two small table bells, minus clappers, height, 3 1/2 in.
A continental baroque style bronze table bell, the handle cast as a putto bearing flower-filled basket, the bell molded with frolicking figures, height, 7 in.
A lace cover with lilac ribbon to crest, diameter, 11 1/2 in .
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 414: A PAIR OF STERLING SILVER CANDELSTICKS (2)
With maker's mark of the Gorham Manufacturing Company.
Each with a trumpet-form stem and flaring foot with gadrooned band, together with a pair of three-light candelabra extension and two compania two urn form nozzle exytensions, filled. Candlestick height; 8 3/4 in. Candelabra extension: 13 1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $32,200
Lot 415: A GROUP OF BRASS ARTICLES (4)
Comprising a Russian samovar, height, 17 3/4 in., with tray, length, 18 1/4 in.
A globular teapot and cover with C-scroll handle and S-shaped spout, lenght, 7 1/2 in.
An ashtray, square with canted corners and two cigarette holders, base marked Design Lightblau, lenght, 7 1/4 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $6,900
Lot 416: A BRASS PLATED WIREWORK METAL VANITY STOOL LATE 1950'S
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 / Sold: $10,350
Lot 417: A BREAD BOX AND CANDY MOLD (2)
The bread box chrome-plated and rectangular, with rounded corners and black plastic handles, embossed Beauty Box, by Lincoln; the candy mold of tin washed iron with twnty-four heart-shaped candy forms,3 x 7 3/4 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $9,775
Lot 418: A PLEXIGLASS TISSUE BOX COVER AND A MATCHING BEAKER CIRCA 1960'S (2)
Each molded with a lattice design. / Lenght of box cover: 10 3/4 / Beaker height: 4 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 419: A GEORGIAN STYLE BRASS-PLATED TWO-LIGHT WALL SCONCE (3)
The circular back issuing arms and pierced holders for shades, with cut-glass drops; together with a brass wall scone with pendant ring finial on disc-shaped body; together with a gold-painted metal ceiling crown, height, 20 1/4 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $3,680
Lot 420: A BRASS AND CUT-GLASS BELL-SHAPED CHANDELIER
Circa 1940's, with foliate and beaded mounts. Height: 16 in. Diameter: 16 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $9,200
Lot 421: A NEOCLASSIC STYLE GREEN AND COLORLESS GLASS AND GILT METAL CHANDELIER
Of a two-tiered crown form, with leaves suspending beaded swag. Width: 13 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 422: A ROCOCO STYLE GOLD-PAINTED METAL AND CUT-GLASS FOUR-LIGHT CHANDELIER (2)
With a panelled multi-baluster-form knop stem issuing scrolled arms decorated with leaves and suspending lusters.Height: 24 in. Width: 15 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $5,750
Lot 423: A JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER
Circa 1950's/60s ; Decorated with birds and landscapes in alternating panels.
Diameter: 22 1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $3,450
Lot 424: A GROUP OF THREE PICTURES (3)
- EDWARD GORDON-CRAIG: Untitled, from Hamlet Wood engraving, circa 1930,
on wove paper signed with initial in pencil, from the edition of 26, framed
Image: 4 x 6 3/4 in
- A LITHOGRAPH AFTER TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Titles Catalogue d'affiches artistiques, 18 x 15 in
- ARTIST UNKNOWN: Sailboats with grass to foreground
Oil on artistboard 21 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $7,475
Lot 425: A GROUP OF FOUR PRINTS (4)
- PIERRE BONNARD: Portrait of Renoir (Bouvet 84)
Etching, circa 1916, on move paper, from the edition of unknown size, with margins, framed. ; P.10 x 7 3/4 in.
- PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR: Le chapeau pingl (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine)
3e planche (Delteil 8); Etching, circa 1894, on wove paper, from the edition of unknown but large size, with margins, framed.
P.4 5/8 x 3 3/8
- PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR: Sur la plage, Berneval (Delteil 5)
Etching, circa 1892, on wove paper, from the edition of unknown but large size, with margins, framed.
P.5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.
- FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES: Nadie se conoce, plate 6 from Los Caprichos (Delteil 43)
Etching and aquatint, 1799, on wove paper, presumably from a later edition, with margins, framed.
P.8 1/2 in. x 6 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $7,475
Lot 426: TWO PAINTINGS (2)
- POUCETTE, Landscape with bull
Signed lower right, Poucette, and dated 1962 Oil on canvas, 11 x 14 in.
- OLGA, Bulding at night
Signed lower left, Olga Oil on canvas; 30 1/4 x 48 1/2 in.
Photo ref.: James Haspiel, Marilyn: The Ultimate Look at the Legend, 1991, p.198.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $27,600
Lot 427: A GROUP OF DECORATIVE PRINTS AND WATERCOLORS (5)
Comprising: - G.ALLEN : House and Automobiles
Signed G.Allen and dated 1948 ; Gouache on paper; 20 1/2 x 18 in., framed.
- A Chinese sketch with horses, inkwash on paper; 31 x 19 1/2 in., framed.
- A print of Sunflowers after Vincent Van Gogh; 22 x 18 in., framed.
- An ink and watercolor drawing of three exotic dancers-Signed Kurt. 16 1/2 x 20 3/4 in., framed.
- A landscape, watercolor on paper. ; 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in., framed.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $8,625
Lot 428: AN ORIENTAL GILT AND PAINTED WOOD PANEL
20TH Century ; Depicting a tethered horse wearing saddle, in frame with gilt-metal mounts.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $13,800
Lot 429: A GROUP OF THREE PAINTINGS
ARTIST UNKOWN: Man with Guitar
ARTIST UNKNOWN: Portrait of a Standing Female Nude's Back
NOVA TAYLOR: Thistles #7
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $17,250
Lot 430: A GROUP OF THREE PAINTINGS
M. GURANOWSKI: Two Young Girls with Cat and Umbrella
ARTIST UNKNOWN: Street Scene with Organ Grinder
ARTIST UNKNOWN: Female Nude on Bed
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $8,625
Lot 431: TWO SETS OF NESTING TABLES BROWN LACQUERED TABLES (5)
One of three brown lacquered nesting tables, branded J.Leleu Paris Made in France, each with a rectangular top and square tapering legs, height, 25 1/2 in., width, 17 1/2 in., the other a Scandinavian-style two-tier nest of fruitwood tables, each with a rectangular top, plain apron and square tapering legs; the smaller table with pierced hang grip. Height of tallest: 18 in. Width: 25 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $5,175
Lot 432: A PAIR OF LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL-STYLE IVORY AND GREEN PAINTED FAUTEUILS (2)
Each with a scalloped ladder bacq and outcurved arms around a rosette carved apron and Cabriole legs joined by stretches, upholstered in a beige-colored coarsely woven linen. Height: 33 in.
Photo ref.: George Zeno, Architectural Digest, April 1994, p.231
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $19,550
Lot 433: A SCANDINAVIAN STYLE MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF TABLE
Branded D.L Table, no. 5016. The oblong top with rounded leaves over a shallow straight apron and round tapering legs.
Height: 29 1/2 in. Lenght: 72 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $7,475
Lot 434: A GILT-TOOLED BROWN LEATHER WASTE-PAPER BASKET
Circa 1950s-60s ; Cylindrical, with panel decorated rim and foot.
Height: 13 in. Diameter: 10 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $3,680
Lot 435: AN UPHOLSTERED SOFA
The rectangular back, outcurved arms and reverse serpentine seat on rope and rustic carved frame on round tapering splayed legs, covered in a machine-woven ivory lattice and diamond pattern linen, white muslin. Lenght: 86 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 / Sold: $9,200
Lot 436: A MODERNISTIC BLACK LEATHERETTE AND MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
The cabinet with rectangular top over single drawer and two doors opening to reveal a quilted paper covered interior, on molded plinth, height, 32 in., width, 17 1/2 in., depth, 10 in. The chest of drawers with rectangular top over five graduated drawers with gilt-metal grips, with ebonized inset plinth,
height: 30 1/4in., width: 17 1/4 (2) -
Literary ref.: Berniece Baker Miracle and Mona Rae Miracle, My sister Marilyn, 1994, p.159.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $19,550
Lot 437: A MODERNISTIC BLACK LEATHERETTE AND MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
Branded Made in Denmark, Mand-Olsen. With barrel back, flaring arms and oval concave seat on splayed tapering.
Height: 29 in.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 / Sold: $4,025
Lot 438: A MODERNISTIC BLACK-PAINTED CHEST
The rectangular top over four long drawers, each banded with gold striping.
Height: 30 in. Width: 36 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $3,450
Lot 439: A STAINED WOOD FOLDING ROCKING CHAIR
Early 20th century
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $11,500
Lot 440: A MAHOGANY FOOT LOCKER
Circa 1940s ; The hinged rectangular top over a molded paneled case and plinth base. Height: 14 3/4 in.
Width: 48 3/4 in. ; Depth: 19 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $6,900
Lot 441: A CEDAR CHEST
Circa 1950s ; The rectangular top over straight sides and block-form feet, height, 20 1/2 in., width, 49 1/2 in., depth, 22 in.; together with a Georgian style mahogany trunk, circa 1940s, with bracket feet and columnar corner to sides, heights, 20 1/4 in., width, 47 in., depth, 22 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 / Sold: $7,475
Lot 442: AN EBONIZED FOLDING ROPE CHAIR
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $9,775
Non illustré / Not illustrated
Lot 443: A GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS
A group of six color snapshots taken in Marilyn's home featuring her pet Maltese "Maf" (6)
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $10,925
Lot 444: A LOUIS XV PROVINCIAL-STYLE FRUITWOOD AND VARIEGATED MARBLE COFFEE TABLE
Circa 1940s-50s, unknown American manufacturer. The serpentine-sided molded top over a beaded conforming apron and cabriole legs ending in scrolled feet. Height, 18 1/2 in., length, 52 1/2 in., depth, 23 in. / Photo ref.: The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, see lot 443.
(Trophy not included in this lot)
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 / Sold: $10,925
Lot 445: A LOUIS XV STLE CUT GLASS AND GILT METAL SUNBURST-FORM WALL CLOCK
20th Century, possibly by Baccarat. The circular dial with applied enameled roman chapters, various breaks.
Width: 37 in. / Photo ref.: The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, see lot 443
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $5,175
Lot 446: A PAIR OF BRASS TABLE CANDLESTICKS (2)
20 th Century ; Each with a baluster form stem and cylindrical nozzle on a step flaring foot with square base
Height: 16 in. / Photo ref.: the Estate of Marilyn Monroe, see lot 443
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $5,175
Lot 447: A PAIR OF LACQUERED BRASS CANDLESTICKS (2)
Circa 1950s ; The molded circular incurved base supporting a double spiral-form standard and ringed cylindrical socket
Height: 19 3/4 in. Photo ref.: The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, see lot 443.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $19,550
Lot 448: AN AMERICAN OPALINE GLASS VASE
20th century; Of elongated ribbed form with ruffled flaring edge, with star pressed bottom.
Height: 30 1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $7,475
Lot 449: AN EARTHENWARE CROCK AND FOOTED BOWL (2)
The rock of glazed earthenware in an urn form molded with cherub masks and berry-and leaf garland; the stoneware footed bowl signed Longerucker dated 1946, the compressed hemispherical body with reeded rim painted with a fish, on ring foot, diameter, 14 in., height, 12 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $5,750
Lot 450: A GROUP OF MEXICAN ITEMS (5)
Comprising a Mexican tapestry wall hanging from Marilyn Monroe's California home, together with two wool throws and two straw hats.
Photo ref.: James Haspiel, Marilyn: The Ultimate Look at the Legend, 1991.p.198.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 / Sold: $8,050
Lot 451: A GROUP OF MEXICAN POTTERY (10)
Comprising: -A Mexican earthenware jug of compressed hemispherical form with cylindrical spout painted with a chevron design and rosettes, marked at the rim Un Recuerdo de Toluca height, 10 in., diameter, 8 1/2.
-Three graduated bowls with pierced handle, a goblet and four miniature articles, all painted with plant forms on terracotta ground, length, 9 1/2 in., and smaller.
-A baluster-form water pitcher with ewer spout and interior with bubble decoration, height, 10 1/4 in.
Photo ref.: Donald H. Wolfe, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe, 1998, after p. 244.
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500 / Sold: $8,050
Lot 452: A GROUP OF MEXICAN GLASS (8)
Circa 1950s/60 / Comprising:
-Two turkey-form brown glass vases, height, 7 in.
-A turkey-form blue glass vase, height, 7 in.
-A colorless glass dolphin with blue interior, height, 7 in.
-A brown and cream glass figure of a pheasant, lenght, 10 1/2 in.
-A milky blue glass bowl, with crimped rim and ewer spout, length, 7 1/2 in.
-A green glass ewer, with globular base, ribbed neck and spiral-banded decoration, broken handle, height, 16 in.
-A blue glass footed bowl of foliate form on a flaring foot, the sides applied with two colorless glass ribs, height, 10 3/4 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $5,750
Lot 453: ELEVEN ASSORTED MEXICAN SODA GLASS TUMBLERS
Circa 1950s/60s Some with crimped sides. Height: 6 in. and smaller. (11)
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $5,175
Lot 454: A MEXICAN BASKET AND TWO TRAYS (3)
Circa 1950s/60s - The rectangular wicker basket with hinged cover and two grip handles, 15 x 22 1/2 in., the two Mexican painted wood trays of compressed hemispherical form and painted with polychrome flowers on a black ground, one marked Mexico, diameters, 15 1/4 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $8,625
Lot 455: A GROUP OF BLANKETS (3)
A Mexican wool table scarf or throw, decorated with geometric animals and flowers on a black ground, with crocket fringe,length, 80 in.. A Mexican blanket decorated with two himan busts within bands of geometric design and ducks in brown, pink, ivory and green, approx. 4 1/2 ft. x 9 ft. A wool throw decorated in a pale green, red, grey and white plaid. 6 ft. x 3 ft. 10 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $4,370
Lot 456: A GROUP OF MEXICAN ITEMS (8)
Comprising: A wool tapestry depicting Adam and Eve with serpent in Tree of Life on gold ground, signed B., approximately 48 x 24 in. A pair of turned wood maracas, each with turned ring decoration, length 12 in.. A set of four wirework figures of musicians, together with a similar gilt-metal and enameled wirework flower and branch ornament, $Imusician height, 17 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $4,830
Lot 457: A GROUP OF MEXICAN GLASS (25)
Circa 1950's'60's - A set of six blown amber martini glasses; five tumblers, with square rim and white on lavender bubble decoration, height, 5 1/2 in.
A swirl-molded amber glass baluster-form vase height, 16 in.
A group of amber-colored glass, each piece molded with spiral fluting, comprised of five globular rummers, six julep glasses, and two pilsner glasses, height, 7 1/2 in. and smaller.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $9,200
Lot 459: A GROUP OF ASSORTED KITCHEN EQUIPMENT (12)
Comprising: A red painted and stainless steel potato press; An all in one grater; a Foley five-cup sifter; a Pelican cooler, painted red with white stripes; a wire basket; a pair of Italian pottery casters, 20th century, painted AG, Handmade in Italy, one modeled as a turnip pierced "P" for pepper, the other a red onion; a fabric oven mitt and four assorted potholders.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $9,200
Lot 460: A GROUP OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (7)
Comprising: Four bronzed cast metal curtain rods, each molded with rosette-and-vine garlands and leaves, length, 15 in.; a pine folding ironing board, length 23 in; a bronze and turned wood hand bell; a wicker basket, the urn-form body with stationary bail handle, the sides applied with polychrome-painted carved wood floral garlands, height, 19in., width, 16 1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $4,025
Non illustré / Not illustrated
Lot 461: A GROUP OF POTTERY (4)
Comprising: A "Hampton Ivory" pattern chamber pot, printed Swinnertons mark, 20th century, with single handle painted with blue rosettes and green leaves, height, 5in., length 10 1/4 in.; A French pottery two-handled bowl of compressed urn form, with two molded rope handles painted with flowers and leaves to side, the base marked Made in France, Handmade, height, 2 1/4 in., length 4 3/4 inc.
A Cauldon "Elaine" pattern ironstone chamber pot, cylindrical with ringed medial band and single loop handle, transfer printed with puce colored branches and flowers lenght, 9 1/2 in.
A mauve and ivory-colored Jasperware box and cover, impressed Wedgwood, Made in England mark, of tapering rectangular form with raised allegorical classical figures amidst rosettes and husks, height 1 1/4 in. length 3 1/2 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $6,325
Lot 462: AN ASSORTMENT OF COLORLESS GLASS (17)
Comprising: A cut colorless carafe, circa 1950's, possibly Baccarat, with a paneled mallet-form body and facet cut ringed band to neck; Eleven assorted drinking glasses; A mallet-form decanter and stopper; A white plastic salad bowl; A pottery mixing bowl with molded spout; Two similar white bowls.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $6,325
Non illustré / Not illustrated
Lot 463: A GROUP OF ASSORTED POTTERY AND PORCELAIN (9)
Comprising:
Three Capo Di Monte coffee cups and saucers, molded with cherubs in swirled panels.
A chinese transfer-printed blue and white bowl, 20th century.
A Staffordshire pottery tray transfer-printed with an express train, printed Made in England $i mark.
French cream jug, of vine form with flower and vine decoration.
Estimate: $200 - $400 / Sold: $4,830
Lot 464: A GROUP OF HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES (9)
Comprising:
A brass plated saucepan with wooden handle;
A tole peinte oval tray decorated with two birds, signed George Briard;
A brass tray with incised wriggle band decoration, on flaring feet, marked Sarna Brass India;
A pair of copper-plated kitchen casters, of cylindrical form with a screw-type domed cover;
A brass table bell;
A nickel-plated bullet-casing form jigger, engraved JUST A SHOT;
A black-painted cast-metal bootform vase;
A potery diorama impressed Colonial Kitchen.
Estimate: $400 - $600 / Sold: $4,830
Lot 465: TWO DOLLS (2)
A worn mohair stuffed Navy mascot with a blue and gold blanket embroidered N; together with a flip-over gollywog with two different faces.
Estimate: $600 - $800 / Sold: $10,925
Lot 466: A PLASTIC CUP
With panelled sides, painted Marilyn and with lavender colored flowers.
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500 / Sold: $5,175
Lot 467: A MAGNAVOX 13 CHANNEL TELEVISION
A MAGNAVOX 13 CHANNEL TELEVISION, 15 in. screen.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 / Sold: $29,900
Lot 468: A CRESTLINE 500 SLIDE PROJECTOR
Circa 1960, In grey and ivory plastic case
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 / Sold: $3,680
Lot 469: A STUFFED TOY POODLE
An off-white scottish stuffed poodle with long wool hair on the legs, face and head and a braided leash.
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500 / Sold: $11,500
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