Marilyn Monroe’s White Dress Sold For $4.6 Million
Marilyn Monroe’s dress, the famous white dress that blew up in the air in the film ‘The Seven Year Itch”, has been sold at auction for $4.6 million in LA.
The dress is an iconic piece of Marilyn Monroe history and was featured in the subway scene of the film ‘The Seven-Year Itch’, the air from the subway trains below blew the dress around creating one of the most iconic scenes of Marilyn’s career and one of her most famous poses.
The auction was held by Profiles in History on behalf of the screen legend Debbie Reynolds. She has decided to sell all the items in her collection as it has become too much of a burden to look after, you can understand why when you see it.
There are over 3,500 costumes, 20,000 photographs, thousands of movie posters and sketches as well as hundreds of other items.
The collection includes items from ‘Gone With the Wind’, ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, ‘Singing in the Rain’ and many other iconic movies.
Reynold’s has been building the collection since the 1970′s and had for many years attempted to set up a museum to house it, but her dream has never become reality so she has decided to pass the collection onto others.
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