Marilyn Monroe’s 1956 Raven Black Ford Thunderbird and 1961 Golden Globe Award has the money world making it rain floods and floods seeling out history numbers for some of Monroe’s historic personal belongings sold at auction!
“The award was put on the block at Julien’s Auction’s Icons & Idols: Hollywood, which took place Friday and Saturday. The late starlet’s 1956 Raven Black Ford Thunderbird was also sold for the first time in history for $490,000. Other iconic items connected to Monroe that went under the hammer this weekend included the black satin blouse with matching necktie Monroe wore to a press conference at Los Angeles Airport on Feb. 26, 1956. that sold for $43,750; her copy of Playboy’s first issue with Monroe on the cover signed by publisher Hugh Hefner that sold for $32,000; Monroe’s iconic black-and-white checkered pants that sold for $31,250; and many others.
Monroe wasn’t the only Hollywood figure whose items made splashes at the event. A collection from fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie hit the auction runway with a selection of the nine-time Emmy-winning icon’s ensembles worn by Cher on The Sonny and Cher Show and Cher. Sharon Tate’s wedding dress — an ivory silk moire mini ($25,000-$50,000), worn to her 1968 marriage to Roman Polanski in London — was also present.
Additionally, late Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee — who died Monday at the age of 95 — was represented at the auction with a rare collection of signed work by Lee featuring a custom-bound one-of-a-kind hardcover book of the first 10 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, Strange Tales Annual #2, and Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel Comics Group, 1962-1964) that sold for $19,200; and Lee’s autographed copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel Comics Group, August 1962), featuring the first appearance of Marvel’s most famous character, Spider-Man, that sold for $38,400.
A complete military uniform worn by Tom Hanks in his Oscar-winning role as his title character in Forrest Gump, Roy Rogers’ “Nelly Belle”1946 Willys-Overland Jeep, George Clooney’s bat cowl worn as the Caped Crusader in the third installment of the Batman movie franchise Batman & Robin and Jeff Bridges’ famous four-piece ensemble worn as his character The Dude in The Big Lebowski were also sold.” – HollywoodReporter.com
