Archive for June 27, 2010

Marilyn Monroe’s X-Rays Go for $45,000

A number of personal items from entertainment icon Marilyn Monroe went up for auction over the weekend, including her chest X-rays. ET has the details on how much the items were sold for on the auction block. Julien's Auctions sold a set of three of Monroe's X-rays taken from a 1954 visit to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for a record $45,000. The pre-sale estimate on each X-ray was thought to be between $800 and $1,200. Monroe's chair from her last photo shoot went for $35,000, while the dress of another icon, Audrey Hepburn, went for $56,250. It was the dress Hepburn wore in 'Funny Face.' Read More »