by Kate
29. June 2010 09:49
It’s only when x-rays of your chest are auctioned for exorbitant amounts of money five decades after your death that you know you’re pretty secure in your iconic status- but then again you’d be dead so it wouldn’t really mean much to you, but I digress.
Three of the iconic star Marilyn Monroe’s chest X-rays were sold for $45,000 as part of the Hollywood Legends auction at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas this Sunday. The X-rays were from a 1954 visit to the Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. Monroe died in 1962 at the age 36 years old from a drug overdose.
Julien’s Auctions, the auction house who sold the X-rays, were not expecting to get more than $3,000 but instead got more than 10 times this amount.
A pair of earrings worn by Kate Winslet in “Titanic” and a dress worn by Audrey Hepburn when she starred opposite Fred Astaire in the musical “Funny Face” were also auctioned off but it was the seemingly eternal popularity of Marilyn’s chest that stole the show.