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This would be something to have -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Jun 20 '11, 09:20

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Marilyn Monroe's Iconic White Dress Sells At Auction For $5.6 Million (consumerist.com)

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I mentioned this saturday. nobody bought Debby's arc of the covenant -- nm - peglegpete Jun 20, 09:43
Since it was a thread earlier...the one thing I hope didn't happen with any of this stuff... - Jim Jun 20, 09:30 6
- Ugh. Why would they do that? - znufrii Jun 20, 09:39 4
  - Why would they do it? To sell a gazillion packs of some kind of trading card advertising that you could own a swatch of Marilyn's subway dress. - Jim Jun 20, 09:41 3
    - Yes, it was a rhetorical question. - znufrii Jun 20, 09:41 2
      - they could cut a small piece from the hem underneath, and still keep the dress mostly intact. - groiny Jun 20, 09:43 1
        
        I still don't like it. -- nm - znufrii Jun 20, 09:44
- I'm sure that will happen with at least one or two things. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 20, 09:37
Is there a more iconic Hollywood dress? nm - Jim Jun 20, 09:26 22
- Maybe Dorothy's gingham. But that's overshadowed by the shoes anyway. -- nm - mara Jun 20, 09:31
- I think it's close between this and Dorothy. -- nm - Ender Jun 20, 09:31 13
  - I'm reading that the gingham dress was sold in the same auction, but I can't find a price. -- nm - loosilu Jun 20, 09:32 12
    - here we go! it went for 1.1 million. I think Marilyn's goes for more because it's so sexy. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 20, 09:34 11
      - Dorothy's dress was a test dress, not used in the final filming. -- (link) - Ender Jun 20, 09:37 10
        
        "Worn by Judy Garland as �Dorothy� in the first two weeks of filming in The Wizard of Oz. Auction Location:" -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 09:40 3
        
        But I think they threw at the first two weeks' footage. - Ender Jun 20, 09:45 2
        
        that's interesting. (also, i like that Buddy Ebsen is in there somewhere.) -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 09:47
        
        -at +out -- nm - Ender Jun 20, 09:46
        
        is the same true of the shoes? I thought the red shoes were in the Smithsonian. -- nm - loosilu Jun 20, 09:39 5
        
        (And apprently four pairs exist in the normal style, one of which is at the Smithsonian.) -- (link) - Ender Jun 20, 10:00
        
        Yeah, the shoes in the auction were test shoes in a different style. - Ender Jun 20, 09:43 1
        
        oooooooooooooooh. -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 09:44
        
        they are. (but, there was probably more than one pair) -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 09:40 1
        
        There are. The red slippers are the holy grail of memorabilia collectors. - Will Hunting Jun 20, 09:53
- if i ever had to make a choice between them (hey, it *could* happen), i'd take Scarlett's. -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 09:28
- I can't really think of one, no... -- nm - znufrii Jun 20, 09:27
- i think Marilyn gets two to her credit - this and and the one she sang Happy Birthday to JFK in . -- nm - Andie Jun 20, 09:27 3
  - what about the red dress from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? -- nm - loosilu Jun 20, 09:27 2
    - oops, it's pink! but you know it. Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 20, 09:30 1
      - and apparently it was sold in a separate auction last week for just under $400K. NOt too shabby. - loosilu Jun 20, 09:31
- nothing comes close IMO. -- nm - loosilu Jun 20, 09:27
Is Debbie Reynolds strapped for cash? -- nm - amoxy Jun 20, 09:23 4
- I think part of it is just her getting old. She had wanted to set up a museum, but seems to have accepted that won't happen. -- nm - Ender Jun 20, 09:30 2
  - She auctioned the stuff that was planned for the museum. - Kim Pine Jun 20, 09:32 1
    - that's a shame, that was a first rate collection. But I'm glad she can get some economic relief. -- nm - loosilu Jun 20, 09:35
- apparently has been for years. -- nm - loosilu Jun 20, 09:23
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