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Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies Collaborate to Present “Hollywood Legends”
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Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies Collaborate to Present “Hollywood Legends”

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Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) have announced an exclusive joint collaboration which will combine the rich legacies of the acclaimed auction house to the stars and the industry revered programming brand, to offer classic movie fans and memorabilia collectors a unique and dynamic destination like no other. “Julien’s Auctions and TCM Presents” will showcase some of the most iconic and fascinating objects ever used by Hollywood’s biggest stars and legends in the greatest films...

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Classic Movie Posters Clean Up for Ewbank’s
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Classic Movie Posters Clean Up for Ewbank’s

Chris Jenkins

Ewbank’s Auctions’ July 23rd Vintage Posters auction showed the popularity of kitsch classics with a top price of £12,000 for a poster for the 1956 B-Movie classic from MGM, Forbidden Planet. The 30 x 40 inch British Quad film poster features the first release of the iconic “Robby the Robot” artwork and had been consigned from a private collection. Ewbank’s specialist Alastair McCrea knew it would do well and had given it an estimate of...

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Magnum Photos Square Print Sale Celebrates Memorable Images
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Magnum Photos Square Print Sale Celebrates Memorable Images

Chris Jenkins

Celebrating the unpredictability of life, Magnum’s Square Print Sale explores the happy accidents and unusual turns of events that lead to memorable images. Signed or estate-stamped, museum-quality 6×6” prints by Magnum Photos photographers are available for $100 for one week only. From its earliest days, photography has been associated with the unexpected: documentation of under-explored issues, reporting of events unfurling in far-flung locations, or single frames capturing split seconds of levity. Over more than seven...

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Property From The Life and Career of Marilyn Monroe to Include Medicine Bottles, Costumes and Photographs
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Property From The Life and Career of Marilyn Monroe to Include Medicine Bottles, Costumes and Photographs

Robyn White

Headlining the Legendary Women of Hollywood auction event, hosted by Julien’s, will be property from the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, sure to bring in a crowd of Marilyn enthusiasts to marvel at her mementos. The auction will take place on the 1st and 2nd of November in Beverly Hills, California. See Also: Classic Marilyn Monroe Photographs For Online Auction at Julien’s  Cheques, Medicine Bottles and Couches Not only will this auction display some of Monroe’s...

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Classic Marilyn Monroe Photographs For Online Auction at Julien’s
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Classic Marilyn Monroe Photographs For Online Auction at Julien’s

Chris Jenkins

Julien’s Auctions of California presents an online-only auction event of classic Marilyn Monroe photographs on August 5th 2019. This 11″ x 14″ photograph collection, beautifully represented in both colour and black and white prints, features timeless images of Marilyn Monroe taken mostly in 1962 during her now-iconic last photo sessions, harking back to her earlier days as a pin-up model on the beaches of Southern California. Other featured images depict Marilyn drinking champagne in the...

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Rare Bert Stern Nudes of Marilyn Monroe Feature in Four Seasons June Auction
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Rare Bert Stern Nudes of Marilyn Monroe Feature in Four Seasons June Auction

Chris Jenkins

Rare nude photos of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe by legendary photographer Bert Stern are included in the June Joyfuls event from Four Seasons Auction Gallery in Gainesville, Georgia, USA on June 23rd 2019. In a very mixed bunch which includes fine art by Alfred Alex Gockel and Elena Bond, limited edition art by Pino, Picasso, Iztchak Tarkay, Ferjo, Fanch Ledan, Gary Benefield, Joan Miro, Marcel Mouly, Isaac Maimon, Henri Matisse, Howard Behrens, Roy Fairchild Woodard,...

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Marilyn Monroe: Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
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Marilyn Monroe: Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

Chris Jenkins

Beautiful and tragic, actress Marilyn Monroe will always be associated with the allure of gems—if nothing else, her signature song Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend will ensure that.  The Hollywood diva, whose glittering career ended with her controversial death in 1962, appeared draped in jewellery for her show-stopping song in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953. But though her character, showgirl Lorelei Lee, had been caught in compromising photos with a diamond mine owner, the...

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Marilyn Monroe Bathrobe, Marlon Brando Motorbike in Julien’s Legends Auction
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Marilyn Monroe Bathrobe, Marlon Brando Motorbike in Julien’s Legends Auction

Chris Jenkins

Julien’s Auctions has announced the lineup for its Legends auction featuring Marilyn Monroe’s bathrobe, Marlon Brando’s motorbike, Daniel Craig’s James Bond suit and many more items of celebrity memorabilia. Taking place on Thursday, June 13th and Friday, June 14th, 2019 at The Standard Oil Building in Beverly Hills and live online at www.juliensauctions.com, the Legends auction also includes items related to comic book creator Stan Lee, and movie epics Gone With the Wind, Superman and The...

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Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe and Aubrey Beardsley to Feature in Tate Modern Exhibitions
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Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe and Aubrey Beardsley to Feature in Tate Modern Exhibitions

Chris Jenkins

The Tate Modern has announced a major Andy Warhol exhibition as part of its 2020 programme across its four UK galleries. The gallery said there would be Warhol works many people were familiar with, including his pop images of the soup cans and Marilyn Monroe, as well as more rarely seen work from the 1970s that, curators argue, show his skills as a painter. Also announced are shows featuring the scandalous drawings of Aubrey Beardsley...

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Archives of Hollywood & Music Auction Features Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Prince Memorabilia
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Archives of Hollywood & Music Auction Features Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Prince Memorabilia

Chris Jenkins

Coming up on March 30th from GWS Auctions of California, the Archives of Hollywood & Music auction features pieces formerly belonging to Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Prince, John F. Kennedy and John Lennon. The live online auction features many items which have been in private collections for over 35 years, and which have never been offered at auction. Some of the highlights include Elvis Presley’s Martin D-18 acoustic guitar, with an estimate of $120,000-$122,000, custom TCB...

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