Marilyn Monroe chest X-rays fetch £29,000
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10431306.stm
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10431306.stm
A set of three X-rays of Marilyn Monroe's chest taken during a 1954 hospital visit have sold for $45,000 (£29,900) in Las Vegas.The X-rays, sold at a movie memorabilia auction at Planet Hollywood, had a $3,000 (£2,000) pre-sale estimate.
A chair from Monroe's final photo shoot sold for $35,000 (£23,250).
Earrings worn by Kate Winslet in Titanic sold for $25,000 (£16,600). A dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in musical Funny Face fetched $56,250 (£37,360).
Other Monroe items up for sale included a prompt book from unfinished film Something's Got to Give and a bottle of Chanel perfume she owned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10431306.stm
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afishlikeme
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I want to see the X-rays.
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