ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT5-MONROE AUCTION

(7 Oct 1999) English/Nat CULT OF MARILYN LIVES ON

Story: Monroe auction
Location: New York
Date: 30th September 1999


The brown wool suit MARILYN MONROE wore when she married second husband Joe DiMaggio in 1954 sold for $33,350 at auction Thursday night. The suit, with a white mink collar and six rhinestone buttons, sold to a private American collector who made the bid by phone. Its pre-sale price was valued between $15,000 to $20,000, Sotheby's said. Monroe wore the suit when she married the Yankee Clipper on Jan. 14, 1954.

Monroe gave her wedding dress to friend Amy Greene-Andrews, who in turn gave it to her mother in the 1960s. Greene-Andrews then decided to put the dress up for auction on Thursday night.

Some of Monroe's rhinestone jewelry and two photographs of her by MILTON H. GREENE were also part of Sotheby's \"Cocktail\" sale. The items, which sold as one lot, fetched $11,500, from an anonymous phone bidder. Its pre-sale estimate was between $10,000 to $15,000.

Other items included the flesh-coloured dress she wore during famous 1962 \"Happy Birthday, Mr. President\" tribute to JFK at Madison Square Garden, her wedding ring from Joe DiMaggio, her shooting script from \"Some Like It Hot\" and a pair of sequinned stilettos from \"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.\"

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