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In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Marilyn said, “I jus

In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Marilyn said, “I just love finding new places to wear diamonds!” But Scott says, “I just love finding new photos of Marilyn wearing collection pieces.”

This image of Marilyn, taken when she was in Canada filming Niagara, appears to show her wearing the gray wool skirt from my collection. I’m just now making the connection though I’ve seen this photo of Marilyn countless times.

This gray skirt has had an interesting journey. It first sold at Julien’s Auctions in 2005 together with a matching skirt in vibrant purple. (Photo #2) A collector named Pugliese bought the skirts in 2005 for $2,750.00 from Julien’s. He then sold his entire collection in 2008. That’s when I bought this gray skirt for $1,700.00. The purple skirt sold as well, but separately, with a final price of $2,250.00.

After the Pugliese auction, a clip of Marilyn golfing was published and she was wearing the purple skirt in the film! Also, color photos were released showing Marilyn wearing the purple skirt while in Canada filming River of No Return. In 2012, the purple skirt came up for auction again at Julien’s. This time it sold for an astonishing $50,000.00! (Photo #3) (This goes to show how the value of an item increases when there are photos of Marilyn with the actual piece.)

I remember thinking, “Wow, I hope someday I’ll find a photo of her wearing the gray skirt!” Then, in 2016 Julien’s Auctions hired me to prepare the Frieda Hull archive of Marilyn Monroe photos for auction. They shipped the entire collection of photos to me and I got to go through hundreds of snapshots, group them together, date them and write descriptions for the auction catalog. It was during this project that I actually did discover a few photos of Marilyn wearing the gray skirt in my collection, and one was even in vivid color! (Photo #4)

Not sure I’ll ever know for certain if they are the same, but the skirt she’s wearing in the Niagara pic certainly resembles the skirt in my collection in style, color and appearance. Maybe someday we will know for sure! All the same, the gray skirt in my collection is most definitely the one she’s wearing in the Frieda Hull snapshots.

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“Oh hi there!” Simply beautiful, Marilyn at th

“Oh hi there!” Simply beautiful, Marilyn at the premiere of How to Marry a Millionaire on November 14, 1953. 💫 #marilynmonroe

NJ ➡️ MM #normajeane #marilynmonroe

NJ ➡️ MM #normajeane #marilynmonroe

TFW when some random person says, “These are not

TFW when some random person says, “These are not the same thing. I’ve compared the pattern and they’re different.” Seriously? 😐 Shown here, a red cotton button-down casual garment with a pattern of roosters and chickens, long sleeved with pockets at each side, worn as a maternity dress during Marilyn’s 1958 pregnancy during and after filming of Some Like It Hot. It’s believed she was two to three months pregnant at the time of this photo. This dress sold at the 1999 Christie’s auction , “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe,” in 1999. #marilynmonroe

Marilyn with her beloved Hugo, Amagansett, Long Is

Marilyn with her beloved Hugo, Amagansett, Long Island, 1957. Photo by @samshawphoto. #marilynmonroe #bassethound

Marilyn by Andre de Dienes. 🙂😮😀 #marilynm

Marilyn by Andre de Dienes. 🙂😮😀 #marilynmonroe

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Literally me back when I was traveling pre-pandemi

Literally me back when I was traveling pre-pandemic, (and I don’t mean the old dude behind Marilyn). 🤣 (Ok, I wish. Def not me.) #marilynmonroe

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