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    18 November 2003

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    • MARILYN MONROE AWARD
    Lot 7

    MARILYN MONROE AWARD

    1952

    Price realised

    USD 13,145

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    MARILYN MONROE AWARD
    1952
    An award presented to the actress designed as a mirror with a birchwood frame having fourteen electric light sockets (original bulbs are now gone) and a leather grip; affixed plaque is engraved Marilyn Monroe/Winner-First Place/Detroit Free Press/New Faces Award/1952.
    21 3/4 x 18 inches

    Provenance

    This piece was originally sold in the October 27-28 Christie's (New York) auction titled "The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe;" Sale 9216, Lot 312, Page 220 of that catalogue; final price realized was $25,300.

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