Champagne named after Marilyn Monroe

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A Norwegian beverage company has bottled the legend of Marilyn Monroe in an effervescent bubbly to be served in a curvy, voluptuous champagne flute in her honor.

Champagne Marilyn Monroe Premier Cru Brut debuts at Vinexpo this week, where 50,000 attendees from 47 countries are expected to converge.

The bottle of sparkling bubbly was created to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of the blonde bombshell’s death which will be observed next summer.
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Iconic Marilyn Monroe dress sells for $4.6 million

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The legendary white dress seen billowing under Marilyn Monroe in an iconic image of 1950s Hollywood has sold at auction for $4.6 million, shattering estimates.

The dress, worn by the star in the 1955 film “The Seven Year Itch,” had been expected to fetch between one and two million dollars.

But the sale Saturday, part of a collection of Hollywood memorabilia held by actress Debbie Reynolds, saw Monroe’s “subway” dress — now cream colored from age — sold for $4.6 million (or $5,520,000, with added fees).
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Marilyn Monroe chest X-rays fetch $45,000

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A set of three X-rays of Marilyn Monroe‘s chest taken during a 1954 hospital visit have sold for $45,000 in Las Vegas.

The bizarre medical photograph was one of several of Monroe’s belongings that were up for bid at Planet Hollywood via Julien’s Auctions over the weekend.

The highlights of the sale had toured Ireland, Japan and China before finally going under the hammer.
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Marilyn Monroe dress sells for $313,000 at auction

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The Telegraph reported that Marilyn Monroe’s dress worn in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes during her performance of the song “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” topped its expected price of $150,000-$250,000.
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Marilyn Monroe photographs on auction

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Artnet, online auctions, launches sale of legendary Marilyn Monroe photographs featuring 60 works by 15 famous photographers.

The auction will be on-line between February 10 and February 24 and photographs’ price estimates range between $500 and $30,000.

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There will be also 9 limited edition Bert Stern prints from “The Lost Sitting”, a collection that have been missing since 1962 and have recently been discovered, recovered and restored.

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