Sale of world’s biggest private collection includes costumes from Some Like It Hot and Bus Stop and will be exhibited on Queen Mary 2A British man’s collection of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia,including costumes worn by the Hollywood star in Some Like It Hot and There’s No trade Like Show trade, could fetch £2m when it goes under the hammer at a Los Angeles auction this year.
One outfit alone, or a sheer black-and-nude beaded cocktail dress worn by Monroe as she sang I’m Through With adore on top of a grand piano in the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy Some Like It Hot,is expected to sell for between 140000 and £280000, auctioneers Julien’s said. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com