Essentially Marilyn: The Auction
All 145 lots of Profiles in History: Essentially Marilyn: The Auction (Dec 11, 2018). 108 sold, 74% sell-through. Top lot $100,000.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2018-12-11
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 145
Lots
- Lot 25: Marilyn Monroe extraordinary autograph letter signed as “Norma Jeane” to her friend Cathy Staub as she takes the first step toward stardom
- Lot 26: Marilyn Monroe inscribed personal photograph, “This picture was taken at Wrigley’s Bird Park…” (1944) Vintage original gelatin silver 4.5 x 2.5 in. photograph
- Lot 27: Marilyn Monroe personal photograph - Norma Jeane and Jim Dougherty at the Pacific South Seas restaurant with souvenir folder
- Lot 28: Marilyn Monroe (6) personal photographs - Norma Jeane and Jim Dougherty on Catalina Island
- Lot 29: Marilyn Monroe personal photograph - Norma Jeane and Jim Dougherty on Catalina Island
- Lot 30: Marilyn Monroe (3) personal photographs - Norma Jeane in Los Angeles
- Lot 31: Marilyn Monroe personal photograph - Norma Jeane and Jim Dougherty at the Cocoanut Grove with souvenir folder
- Lot 32: Marilyn Monroe (7) personal photographs from her first professional modeling jobs with the Blue Book Agency
- Lot 33: Marilyn Monroe personal portrait photograph
- Lot 34: Marilyn Monroe historic oversize presentation photograph inscribed to Ben Lyon thanking him for discovering and naming her
- Lot 35: Marilyn Monroe first magazine cover for Family Circle Magazine as “Norma Jeane”
- Lot 36: Marilyn Monroe (2) photographs by Joseph Jasgur
- Lot 37: Marilyn Monroe power of attorney document twice-signed as Marilyn Monroe and Norma Jeane Dougherty
- Lot 38: Marilyn Monroe (13) photographs from her early films
- Lot 39: Marilyn Monroe extremely rare cast and crew photograph from her first film, Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
- Lot 40: Marilyn Monroe oversize portrait photograph by Andre de Dienes from the Tobey Beach sitting
- Lot 41: Marilyn Monroe oversize portrait photograph by Andre de Dienes from the Tobey Beach sitting
- Lot 42: Marilyn Monroe profile portrait photograph by Andre de Dienes from “The End of Everything” session
- Lot 43: Marilyn Monroe head-andshoulders portrait photograph by Andre de Dienes from “The End of Everything” session, with hand-inscribed title on the verso
- Lot 44: Earl Moran’s Girls of 1950 pin-up calendar featuring 6-paintings of Marilyn Monroe
- Lot 45: Marilyn Monroe in pink bikini life-size door panel poster
- Lot 46: Marilyn Monroe (4) ink blotters featuring pin-up artwork by Earl Moran
- Lot 47: Marilyn Monroe “Golden Dreams” monumental photograph by Tom Kelley
- Lot 48: Marilyn Monroe “A New Wrinkle” mammoth cibachrome photograph by Tom Kelley