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Marilyn Monroe Photos to be Auctioned Alongside Superman Costume and Chaplin Cane
Copyright Lawrence Schiller
Marilyn Monroe fans, ready your wallets (and your savings accounts, and your retirement accounts, and your children's college funds) -- never-before-seen photos of the actress will be sold at the end of the month at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills.
The Pasadena-Star News reports that the pictures belonged to Allan "Whitey" Snyder, who did Monroe's make-up for 15 years. There are over 100 in the collection.
The photos are part of a two-day auction called "Hollywood Legends" taking place on March 31 and April 1. According to Julien's website, other items to be sold include a Superman costume worn by Christopher Reeve, the riding jacket worn by Clark Gable in "Gone With the Wind," and one of Charlie Chaplin's canes.
So if you have a spare $50,000, now you know what to do with it.
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