Some 62 years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains a subject of fascination, but also a sort of a "money mashine". A money maker, to everyone who can touch or possess anything of her own.
Next week will take place in Hollywood an auction for many of her most intimate items, according to the Daily Mail UK.
It’s part of a sale that includes everything from the icon’s dramatic gowns to her fake eyelashes, used lipstick and even a chance to be interred near her tomb in an LA cemetery. (source: the dailymail.co.uk) What huge fan wouldn't take the opportunity to spend eternity near such a wonderful star as Marilyn was, especially if he'd have to pay a sale price of $200,000 to $400,000?
A black dress that Marilyn wore on the set of The Seven Year Itch in 1955 is predicted to make as much as $200,000. (source: the dailymail.co.uk)
Lucrative deals indeed, but what's more important is maybe to watch Marilyn's splendid films, and remember her candid, beautiful persona, which gave lots of taste, fashion, and lady-like eternal lessons to be learned.
‘Marilyn is still relevant today,’ says Martin Nolan, co-founder of Julien’s Auctions, of the enduring obsession with the film star. ‘She died in tragic circumstances and didn’t get to be an old lady, so we have this vibrant blonde bombshell still vivid in our minds. (source: the dailymail.co.uk)
‘There’s a similarity to our ongoing interest in Princess Diana because she also died at the height of her beauty and fame in sad circumstances.’
Scott Fortner, an historian and Marilyn Monroe collector, adds: ‘Marilyn still has this amazing energy and magnetism. She’s reached such a status in pop culture that she almost doesn’t seem real, so it’s nice to see these items like clothes and make-up that remind us that she was a real person.’ (source: the dailymail.co.uk)
