The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe
Christie's Auction House
New York - Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October 1999
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||Lot 41 - A SCARLET DRESS A scarlet silk halter dress, featuring full skirts of matching layered scarlet chiffon. Worn by Marilyn Monroe in a series of photographs to advertise the Warner Bros. film The Prince and the Showgirl, 1957, in her well-known, provocative sitting for Milton Greene, where she was photographed against a black background. Sold with a mounted color tear sheet featuring the actress in the scarlet dress.
Estimate: $15,000-20,000 Selling Price: $167,500
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