25-26/07/2024, HERITAGE: Hollywood Entertainment - Lots

 Enchères  "Hollywood Entertainment"
de HERITAGE Auctions
des 25 et 26 juillet 2024
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- 8 lots avec Marilyn Monroe -
25-26/07/2024, HERITAGE: Hollywood Entertainment - Vente
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 LOT #89193 - Marilyn Monroe Signed Check Held in Matte and Frame (1960).
Vintage original signed check for $149.92 from Marilyn Monroe Productions, dated July 15, 1960. Marilyn's signature is in the bottom right corner with an ink pen. Matted and framed to an overall 23" x 15.5". Held in a nice matte and frame featuring a beach photo of the legendary actress and a plaque reading "Colonial Trust Company cheque made out to Paul A. Reilly & Co. Inc. for $149.92 Signed by Marilyn Monroe." Displays some wear and staining from the "Paid" stamp and a tear in the upper right corner of the check. The silver painted frame is chipping along the edges. Comes with an LOA from PSA.
Sold: $-

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 LOT #89192 - Group of Communications Between Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe (1952 & 1954).
Vintage original group of personal communications from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe, including telegrams dated April 1952 and phone messages dated March 4, 1954. These items provide a unique glimpse into their private life and DiMaggio's care and concern for Monroe during a challenging period. The collection includes:
(1) Telegram from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe: "Ben called with update. Praying for a fast recovery. Will call in A.M. Love, Joe.",
(2) Telegram from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe: "Missed your call this afternoon. Will call tonight after filming. Wish I was in LA with you instead of doing this tv broadcast. Love, Joe.",
(3) Telegram from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe: "When does the shooting for Niagara start? Please send shooting schedule when studio notifies you. Love, Joe.",
(4) Telegram from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe: "Janet & Roger send their well wishes. Love, Joe.",
(5) Telegram from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe: "The Fellas down at the lodge send their love. Love, Joe.",
and (5) phone messages with the headline "while you were out" from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio, all dated on the same day, March 4, 1954.

 The set also includes several black and white copies of a photograph of Marilyn reading a "get well soon" card and a copy of The Joe DiMaggio Collection at Public Auction catalog excerpt for lot 639 from Hunt Inc. Auctions. Note that the original lot catalog is not included. These communications are dated around the time Marilyn Monroe was hospitalized at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Beverly Hills after completing filming for The Seven Year Itch. At Cedars in Beverly Hills, she underwent appendectomy surgery on April 28, 1952. Despite efforts to maintain privacy, Monroe was frequently pursued by photographers and the paparazzi, illustrating the intense media scrutiny she faced. This collection documents the thoughtful and loving interactions between DiMaggio and Monroe, especially through the telegrams he sent her while she was alone in the hospital and also at the Beverly Hills home they shared. These communications also serve as a poignant reminder of Monroe's enduring status as a cultural icon and the personal struggles she faced. The telegrams measure 6.5" x 4.5", and the phone messages measure 5" x 2.8", adding a tangible dimension to this snapshot of Hollywood history.
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 LOT #89190 - Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jeane Dougherty] "Meditation" on Malibu Beach, 1946, 11" x 9.5" Original Photograph by André de Dienes.

Vintage gelatin silver borderless semi-gloss double-weight 11" x 9.5" photograph of Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jeane Dougherty] on Malibu Beach, Los Angeles, 1946, by André de Dienes, with red and black rubber stamps PHOTO ANDRE DIENES on verso, 1946, printed no later than 1955. Notations by Dienes "Marilyn Monroe interprets:" and "MEDITATION" and "LET NEITHER FEAR OR DOUBT OVERSHADOW YOUR CLEAR SENSE AND CALM TRUST" in blue ink on verso. Only one set of prints was hand-notated by Dienes, printed by the photographer in his darkroom. Actual print illustrated in Andre de DIENES; CRIST, Steve; ELLIS de DIENES, Shirley T., Marilyn (Andre de Dienes; Kodak), Taschen GmbH, 2002. Fine+, with bumped corners, ink residue to lower right at the wrist, light handling and scuffing, visible in raking light, and edgewear. From the Kim Goodwin Collection. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.
Sold: $-

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 LOT #89191 - Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Signed Card (1953). 

Vintage signed page by Monroe and DiMaggio, dated August 17, 1953. Signed at Banff Springs, Canada during the filming of River of No Return, the 1954 American Western film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe.
Monroe and DiMaggio, the famous American Baseball center fielder famously eloped in 1954, shortly after nine months later Monroe filed for divorce. Collector's notes on the verso. Measures 3" x 5" and exhibits some age and toning. Includes LOA's from Beckett and PSA.
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 LOT #89183 - Playboy Volume 1, #1 Featuring Marilyn Monroe (HMH Publishing, 1953).
Vintage original premiere issue of the iconic men's magazine, featuring the incomparable Marilyn Monroe on the cover as "Sweetheart of the Month," with her famous nude color image by Tom Kelley on page 19. All points of authenticity are present including the black square printed on the upper right corner of the front cover and a two staple binding. Printed mostly in black-and-white with color pages scattered throughout. Measures 8.5" x 11". Toning and very mild soiling or abrasion, with some separation to covers at spine base, and a small tear on the bottom of page 29/30. A beautiful example of this highly collectible first issue. Comes with COA from Heritage Auctions. 
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 LOT #89194  - Marilyn Monroe Pair of Personal Ferragamo Heels Donated by Anna Strasberg to Sophia Loren for AIDS Research.

Vintage original Ferragamo brand black leather pumps with 3-inch heel, size 7 ½ B. Both retain internal markings "PE-1345-7½ -B-111-" in black ink. Includes a copy of the letter from Anna Strasberg (Mrs. Lee Strasberg) to Sophia Loren, dated March 27, 1989, donating these Ferragamo pumps as well as a dress from "the personal effects of Marilyn Monroe...to The Research for Aids, University of Miami...".

Also includes original orange Sotheby's tag dated August 22, 1989. Shoes exhibit age, wear and handling with some scuffing. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.
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 LOT #89195 - The Misfits (United Artists, 1961), Marilyn Monroe "Roslyn Taber" Stand-In Cherry Dress. 

Vintage original halter-style, knee length crème dress with repeating red single cherry with green stem pattern. Adorned with bows at the shoulders with zipper closure at back and pleated at waist on one side. The bodice is unlined whereas the wrapped skirting retains crepe lining. Worn by Marilyn Monroe's stand-in Evelyn Moriarty and matched to a behind-the-scenes image taken during production of the classic John Huston-directed film penned by Arthur Miller.

Designed by Dorothy Jeakins but also attributed to Jean Louis. Exhibiting age, handling, minor staining and some dye transfer and bias separation. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.
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 LOT #89189 - Marilyn Monroe Extremely Early Contract Revision, Signed As Norma Jeane Dougherty.
Vintage original 1-page 8.5" x 11" typed contract revision on Twentieth Century Fox letterhead, dated September 9, 1946, a five paragraph agreement outlining the details of the star's requested amendments to her payment schedule at the studio, signed by her in blue fountain pen ink "Norma Jeane Dougherty", and by the Fox paymaster at the time, "A.W. DeWeese".

This is the legal acknowledgement of fledgling Norma Jeane's request to stagger her very first studio contracted salary more slowly than normal, the particulars of which are underlined in pencil, the casualness of execution suggesting this may have been done by Marilyn herself, though no evidence exists to prove it. Perhaps she was afraid of spending it too quickly, being the first real money she was likely to have earned up to this point. Not merely crucial as one of the absolute earliest documents signed by the neophyte starlet the world would soon come to know as Marilyn Monroe, but arguably more significant in its revelation of her budding self-determination to already, at this very naissance, to control aspects of her career. Lightly age toned around margins, with one tiny age spot near lower right corner, else well-archived and unabused. Comes with an LOA from PSA. 
Sold: $-.

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