“I've always dreamed of being next to Marilyn Monroe for the rest of my life, so this weekend I went to Julien's and bought a Hugh Hefner round bed and a Marilyn Monroe bathing suit,” said Anthony Jabin, a Beverly Hills resident. he said.
Monday 1 April 2024 09:52, UK
A columbarium next to the resting places of Marilyn Monroe and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has been purchased by a tech investor for £154,000 ($195,000).
A one-space mausoleum at the Pierce Brother Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles will be auctioned from March 28 to March 30.
“I always dreamed of being next to her,” said Anthony Javin of Beverly Hills. marilyn monroe I bought a Hugh Hefner round bed and a Marilyn Monroe bathing suit at Julian's this weekend with the intention of continuing to do so for the rest of my life. ”
The marker on Monroe's grave was damaged and had to be replaced, but it sold for an additional £70,410 ($889,900).
Hefner purchased the basement next door to a Hollywood actress' basement in 1992. He is currently buried there. Died at the age of 91 In 2017.
Monroe died in 1962 at the age of 36, and was best known for her roles in the films Some Like It Hot (1959), The Seven Year Itch (1955), and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). well known.
Various other possessions of hers went up for auction at Julien's over the weekend.
This includes one of her dresses in The Seven Year Itch, a Mae West-inspired evening dress, which was featured in a deleted scene and sold for £100,586. It was sold for $).
Her Elizabeth Arden lipstick, in a gold-tone case, sold for £5,544 (approximately $7,000).
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Some of Hefner's clothing, including his famous burgundy smoking jacket, slippers, pajamas and tobacco pipe, sold for a total of 10,296 pounds (about $13,000).
In addition to his clothes, a selection of contemporary art that once hung at Playboy's headquarters sold for 100,586 pounds ($127,000).
David Goodman, CEO of Julien's Auctions, said: “Throughout 20 years of Julien's Auctions, Julien's has proudly represented the legacies of Hollywood's biggest stars, but none as great and enduring as Marilyn Monroe. There is no one like that,” he said.
“Hugh Hefner, Marilyn Monroe, and Playboy are three of the most glamorous and incandescent items at a three-day auction featuring an astonishing and captivating collection of artefacts from three 20th century American icons. It became.”
