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MARILYN MONROE SWEATER
A black wool sleevless sweater with an interior label reading "Made in Italy/Saks Fifth Avenue/100 Wool" with an additional label also noting "Saks Fifth Avenue/Ref. No. 9117/Size 36/Composition/All Wool 100Made in Italy;" together with three photocopied pages of one of MM's Saks Fifth Avenue statements listing a sweater she bought there for $35, possibly being this one.
A black wool sleevless sweater with an interior label reading "Made in Italy/Saks Fifth Avenue/100 Wool" with an additional label also noting "Saks Fifth Avenue/Ref. No. 9117/Size 36/Composition/All Wool 100Made in Italy;" together with three photocopied pages of one of MM's Saks Fifth Avenue statements listing a sweater she bought there for $35, possibly being this one.
Provenance
This piece is one of four that was originally sold in the October 27-28, 1999 Christie's (New York) auction titled "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe;" Sale 9216, Lot 146, Page 116 of that catalogue; final price realized was $6,900; original "Marilyn" lot tag is still attached.