From
People Magazine: 6/5/99
Marilyn
Memorabilia on Block
BY
STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN
The
belongings of screen icon Marilyn Monroe, including handwritten
notations about killing herself, her personally-annotated
script of "Some Like It Hot" and the infamous formfitting
beaded dress she wore to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
to John Kennedy in 1962, are going on the auction block
in October.
The
dress, a $12,000 flesh-toned, beaded Jean Louis creation
which Monroe was literally sewn into before cooing birthday
wishes to Kennedy at Madison Square Garden in May 1962,
is expected to command a price in the upper six figures
and smash previous records for fashion or celebrity memorabilia
at auction, said Christie's in New York, which is coordinating
the sale.
The
items, which are being sold in some 1,000 lots on Oct. 27-28,
are from the part of Monroe's estate that she left to her
mentor and acting coach, Lee Strasberg. Strasberg's widow
Anna and daughter Susan took possession of Strasberg's estate
when he died in 1982. Susan died earlier this year.
The
top price paid to date for Hollywood memorabilia was $607,500
for the Oscar Clark Gable won in 1934 for "It Happened One
Night."
