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Scott is considered an authority on Marilyn Monroe. When he speaks about her the world listens.
- When Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn’s Monroe’s famous “Happy Birthday Mr. President” dress to the 2022 Met Gala, People.com called him for his opinion on the topic.
- His blog post refuting rumors of a Marilyn Monroe 1960 pregnancy was picked up by news agencies around the world.
- In 2016 he was granted an exclusive, first-ever interview with Anna Strasberg, widow of Monroe’s mentor Lee Strasberg. She’d never been interviewed about Marilyn previously.
- When it was announced that an unseen porno of Monroe was headed for auction, Reuters interviewed him about the film, which ultimately did not sell based on his analysis.
- He analyzed and verified a Monroe costume from the Seven Year Itch, owned by Debbie Reynolds, that had sold at auction for $5,658,000.00.
- Using Marilyn’s personal clothing items in his collection, he finally and definitively verified Marilyn’s true size.
The Marilyn Monroe Collection has been featured in various documentaries, magazines (including Newsweek and Intelligent Collector), books and news articles. Click the links below for more details.
Books:
-Marilyn and I
-The Marilyn Monroe Treasures
-Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archives
Documentaries:
-The Dress of Marilyn Monroe
-With Her
-Unclaimed Baggage
-Mysteries at The Museum
![Flashback: Meeting Amy Greene, August 5, 2012
Without question, it’s mind boggling and beyond cool to meet people who were part of Marilyn Monroe’s inner circle. During my time as a fan and collector I’ve met several people who fall into that category. In this case, its Amy Greene, wife of Milton Greene. I met her at the 2012 MM memorial where she was a guest speaker. Marilyn lived with the Greenes in their Connecticut home in 1954 and 1955.
Amy on what it was like to live with Marilyn: I’m a very secure woman, so she was fine. She never got out of line, and I never got out of line, and we became girlfriends. As Sinatra said, ‘She was a good broad.’ I love that statement. You young people don’t know what that means, but it is the highest compliment that a man like Sinatra could say about anybody.
In the past, she’s talked about how she and Milton heard of Marilyn’s passing: We were in France, in Paris. Milton was doing the collections for Life magazine, and there was a radio. I kept saying, ‘Well let’s try to get some music or something.’ All we got was news, news, news, and neither one of us could understand French that well. All of a sudden, the words Marilyn Monroe came on. We didn’t know what it was. So, we went to [Château de] Fontainebleau, had a wonderful picnic lunch, drove back to Paris, and the first thing we heard—the telephone was ringing off the wall. It was Arthur Jacobs, who was her publicist trying to get us all day. And he said Marilyn’s dead. […] I collapsed. Milton was staggering. That was the last thing we expected.
Amy on Marilyn’s public image today: The interesting thing, and I was thinking about this yesterday, was in the ’50s she was strictly candy for men, but since the feminist movement—which started around my dining room table, thank you very much—women have accepted her, they no longer make fun of her. So in the end, she’s earned respect, which is what she wanted.”
(Source for quotes: Gotham Magazine)
If I were to describe her in one word, it would be “sharp.” Her senses are keen. She was as confident when I met her as she was during the Edward R. Murrow interview. (Swipe left!)
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