Marilyn Monroe Collection

 

The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe

Christie's Auction House

New York - Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October 1999


||Lot 51 - A HAND-KNITTED CARDIGAN

Of cream wool decorated with a brown geometric pattern across the center, cuffs and the neck, with matching knitted belt.  Worn by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and featured in a series of photographs by George Barris taken on the beach in Santa Monica, California.  

 

Estimate:  $30,000-50,000

Selling Price:  $167,500

Purchased By:  Ripley's Believe It Or Not

 

 


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