A slew of Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner collectibles bought at public sale over the weekend, together with a pink Pucci gown worn by the actress and a smoking jacket and slippers worn by the Playboy founder.
The three-day public sale, which ended Saturday, noticed the long-sleeved silk jersey Pucci gown go to the profitable bidder for $325,000, which set a report for a Pucci gown bought at public sale, in response to organizer Julien’s Auctions.
Additionally bought had been the one-space mausoleum crypt at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary in Los Angeles, situated close to the ultimate side-by-side resting locations of Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe, for $195,000; a grave marker from Monroe’s crypt, for $88,900 (fixed touching from followers led to minor put on, inflicting it to get replaced); Hefner’s burgundy smoking jacket, slippers, pajamas and tobacco pipe ensemble ($13,000); and a round mansion mattress custom-made for Hefner as a backup to his main mattress on the unique Playboy Mansion in Chicago ($13,000).
The crypt, mattress and different gadgets had been bought to Anthony Jabin, a tech investor from Beverly Hills. ”I’ve at all times dreamt of being subsequent to Marilyn Monroe for the remainder of my life,” Jabin mentioned. “And I purchased Hugh Hefner’s spherical mattress and Marilyn Monroe’s bathing swimsuit at Julien’s this weekend.”
Additionally bought was a gown that Monroe wore for The Seven Yr Itch. Described as a Mae West-inspired black and cellophane impact night robe designed by costume designer William Travilla, the gown was worn by Monroe within the traditional 1955 movie’s dream sequence scene, which was later reduce from the movie. It was bought for $127,000.
An unique Jean Louis painted cream/beige silk jersey cocktail gown worn by Monroe for The Misfits forged press convention in the summertime of 1960 bought for $65,000.
Monroe’s {custom} shade of Elizabeth Arden lipstick, in a goldtone case with typewritten label studying “Orange Pink like Miss I./ pattern 05022/ Could 2, 1960,” bought for $65,000, making it the second-highest-selling lipstick in public sale historical past.
A 3-piece bathing swimsuit ensemble custom-made for Monroe to put on within the 1954 musical There’s No Enterprise Like Present Enterprise bought for $29,250. Elton John had donated the swimsuit to a charity public sale in 1990.
A lavender satin, boned leotard costume worn by Monroe as Lillian Russell for a pictorial characteristic within the December 22, 1958, challenge of Life journal, bought for $29,250. Monroe additionally dressed as Theda Bara, Clara Bow, Jean Harlow and Marlene Dietrich for the collection of images, which had been taken by Richard Avedon.
The public sale, dubbed “Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner X Marilyn Monroe,” featured greater than 600 gadgets and introduced in additional than $4 million. Whereas organizers famous that Hefner and Monroe by no means met, their “legacies turned inextricably linked when Monroe appeared in Hefner’s inaugural 1953 challenge of Playboy. In that second, they gained worldwide fame, changing into two vital figures of twentieth-century America and Playboy establishing itself as an iconic world model.”
Hugh Hefner’s burgundy smoking jacket, slippers and tobacco pipe had been bought on the public sale.
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