{"id":30183,"date":"2026-06-03T16:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/30183\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:34:37","slug":"famed-marilyn-monroe-items-sell-for-over-2m-at-auction-including-record-breaking-dior-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/30183\/","title":{"rendered":"Famed Marilyn Monroe items sell for over $2M at auction \u2014 including record-breaking Dior suit"},"content":{"rendered":"

An auction of Marilyn Monroe<\/a> memorabilia made \u00a31.86 million (roughly $2.5 million) on what would have been the icon\u2019s 100th birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Drawn from the estate of her close friends Norman and Hedda Rosten, the June 1 sale featured personal items, letters and keepsakes offering a rare glimpse into Monroe\u2019s private life.<\/p>\n

Leading the sale was a Christian Dior<\/a> suit worn during her 1954 honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio, which achieved \u00a3334,665 (roughly $449,493.58), a record for a non-performance-worn Monroe garment.<\/p>\n

Actress Marilyn Monroe poses for a publicity still for the 20th Century Fox film \u201cThe Seven Year Itch\u201d in 1955 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images<\/p>\n

A pair of triple-hoop pendant earrings, worn by Monroe in September 1954 when she arrived at New York\u2019s Idlewild Airport to begin work on \u201cThe Seven Year Itch,\u201d are pictured. Heritage Auctions \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

Leading the sale was a Christian Dior suit that Monroe wore during her 1954 honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio. Heritage Auctions \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

Another highlight was a pair of triple-hoop pendant earrings worn by the actress in September 1954 when she arrived at New York\u2019s Idlewild Airport to begin work on The Seven Year Itch. <\/p>\n

They sold for \u00a3288,009 (roughly $386,816.25).<\/p>\n

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An intimate eight-page handwritten letter from playwright Arthur Miller to Monroe realized \u00a346,481 (roughly $62,452.57). <\/p>\n

Written as the couple\u2019s marriage neared its end, the deeply personal correspondence revealed Miller\u2019s struggle to preserve their relationship and offered an unfiltered look at one of the most famous marriages of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

An intimate eight-page handwritten letter from playwright Arthur Miller to Monroe realized \u00a346,481 (roughly $62,452.57). Heritage Auctions \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

Three letters from Dr. Ralph Greenson, Monroe\u2019s psychiatrist, sold for \u00a346,481 (roughly $62,452.57). Heritage Auctions \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

Three letters from Dr. Ralph Greenson, Monroe\u2019s psychiatrist, also sold for \u00a346,481 (roughly $62,452.57). <\/p>\n

The correspondence included an emotional account written just 11 days after Monroe\u2019s death<\/a> in which Greenson recounted the events leading up to her final day and its aftermath.<\/p>\n

Other highlights included a rhinestone bracelet at \u00a383,666 (roughly $112,419.49), a Faberg\u00e9 clock at \u00a374,370 (roughly $99,932.46), and a personal telephone book at \u00a355,778 (roughly $74,950.01).<\/p>\n

A Faberg\u00e9 clock sold for \u00a374,370 (roughly $99,932.46). Heritage Auctions \/ SWNS<\/p>\n

Joe Maddalena, Executive Vice President of Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, said, \u201cThe timing of this auction made the results especially meaningful.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne hundred years after Marilyn Monroe\u2019s birth, collectors responded with extraordinary enthusiasm to objects that reveal the woman behind the legend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An auction of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia made \u00a31.86 million (roughly $2.5 million) on what would have been the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12728],"tags":[2948,2793,3551,92,4955,14424],"class_list":["post-30183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-christian-dior","tag-auctions","tag-christian-dior","tag-dior","tag-entertainment","tag-lvmh","tag-marilyn-monroe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}