The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe
Christie's Auction House
New York - Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October 1999
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||Lot 38 - A FULL-LENGTH EVENING SHEATH Of ivory crepe, embroidered overall with silvered clear bugle beads, the skirt worked with shimmering pendant bugle beads, the dress with plunging rear décolletage, the halter-neck with shoe-strings straps. Worn by Marilyn Monroe as she was accompanied by Arthur Miller to the premiere of Some Like it Hot, 1959 and to Yves Montand's 1959 one-man-show on Broadway. The dress was also worn by the actress in the film Let's Make Love, 1960. Accompanied by a black and white publicity photograph of Marilyn on the set of Let's Make Love with Yves Montand, 8x10 in. (2)
Estimate: $20,000-30,000 Selling Price: $107,000
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