Bidding is now open for ‘Happy 99th Birthday, Marilyn!‘, an online sale at Julien’s Auctions, closing on Thursday, June 12.
In the first of a series of posts, I’m looking at some of the photographs on offer – including this 1953 portrait by Frank Powolny, in a later print stamped ‘The Silver Screen, New York City’ on the verso.
SOLD for $650
Two black-and-white negatives shot by Ed Cronenweth, house photographer at Columbia Pictures, in 1948, when Marilyn made Ladies of the Chorus during her six-month stint at the studio. At left, Marilyn with makeup artist Fred Fredericks; and at right, from a yoga series.
Yoga negative + later print SOLD for $350
Contact sheet prints and negatives from Marilyn’s 1950 shoot with photographer Earl Leaf, showing her standing by the fireside and browsing a bookshelf at agent Johnny Hyde’s Holmby Hills estate.
Fireside negative + contact sheet SOLD for $455
Bookshelf negative + contact sheet SOLD for $1,170
This 1970s print of a rare Laszlo Willinger photo shows Marilyn wearing the same swimsuit seen in another shot by Earl Leaf.
SOLD for $650
An original sepia print from photographer David ‘Dave’ Cicero, with a pencilled annotation on the verso which reads in part: ‘Marilyn Monroe on the beach, 1951.’
SOLD for $585
A small original print by an unknown photographer, showing Marilyn waving from an open convertible, as Grand Marshall for the 1952 Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
SOLD for $650
A contact sheet showing Marilyn dining at Sardi’s Restaurant in New York in 1954 with newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons, actor David Wayne, and others; from the personal files of photographer Milton Greene.
SOLD for $520
Sold separately, two more contact sheets by Milton Greene, from a studio sitting with Marilyn and the French entertainer, Maurice Chevalier.
SOLD for $455 each
An original slide that has been colourised, showing Marilyn at the East of Eden premiere in March 1955, attributed to photographer Eve Arnold.
SOLD for $910
A pocket-sized issue of Picture Scope magazine from May 1955. Marilyn graces the cover in an early ’50s glamour pose. Inside there’s a four-page spread featuring photo manipulations by Arthur ‘Weegee’ Fellig – based on his poolside shoot with Marilyn at Jones Beach, NY, back in 1949.
SOLD for $125
And last for now, you can read all my posts on this auction here.
The Marilyn Report 