This striking photograph taken by Inge Morath showing Marilyn in the ‘tree scene’ from The Misfits will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions this Sunday, November 10, as part of the Photo Legends Type 1 Showcase, featuring prints made from negatives within two years of the picture being taken.
Among the other lots are a photo by Arthur ‘Weegee‘ Fellig, showing Marilyn at Jones Beach Pool on Long Island, while promoting Love Happy in 1949; and a Don Ornitz photo from 1951 (sold for $575.)
A wardrobe test photo for the pool scene in Monkey Business, dated 4/1/52.
SOLD for $275
Two more test shots for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. At left, Marilyn wears a champagne-coloured silk robe for a deleted scene, dated 11/25/52; and at right, her terrycloth robe from a backstage scene.
SOLD for $325 each
Marilyn backstage at Madison Square Garden on March 22, 1955, ahead of her circus benefit performance on March 30.
SOLD for $512.50
Marilyn with fiance Arthur Miller outside her Sutton Place apartment building on June 22, 1956, a week before their marriage.
SOLD for $125
The Millers arrive at Idlewild Airport after flying home from England on November 21, 1956.
SOLD for $127
The 71st Regiment Honour Guardsmen welcome Marilyn to Radio City Music Hall for the premiere of The Prince and the Showgirl on June 13, 1957.
SOLD for $229
Marilyn greets the press at the premiere of Some Like It Hot at the Loew’s Capitol Theatre on Broadway on March 28, 1959, with Arthur Miller just visible to her left.
SOLD for $95
Marilyn and Clark Gable at a press party for The Misfits at the Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada in July 1960; Magnum Photos and the New York Post are stamped on the verso.
SOLD for $362.50
And finally, a very slender Marilyn in a costume test shot for the unfinished Something’s Got to Give, dated 4/10/62.
SOLD for $656.25
UPDATE
Sold for $3,250, Weegee’s 1949 photo attracted the highest bid among the Marilyn-related items, coming second overall to a set photo from Star Wars: A New Hope (1977.) This 1952 photo by Gene Kornman of Marilyn – from her famous ‘potato sack’ shoot, and sent to the Los Angeles Daily Mirror – fetched $2,250, taking fifth place. You can view more results here.
The Marilyn Report 
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