Marilyn Monroe's chest x-ray from 1954 sells for $45,000 at Las Vegas auction. Marilyn Monroe's bust has sold for a bundle.
A 1954 x-ray of the stunning starlet's chest sold at auction in Las Vegas on Sunday for a sizable $45,000. This was well above the estimated $800 to $1,200 it was expected to fetch.
The bizarre medical photograph was one of several of Monroe's belongings that were up for bid at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino via Julien's Auctions over the weekend.
"[The x-ray] was taken around the time she was believed to be pregnant, and rumor has it that she had a miscarriage," President/CEO Darren Julien told the Daily News back in April.
It was captured at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (which in 1961 merged with another hospital to become Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), and features the then 28-year-old Monroe's chest and lungs.
Another of the actress' items, the chair from her final photo shoot, sold for $35,000.
Items that were used by other famous celebrities also sold for big bucks. A dress worn by Cher in a 1975 episode of "The Cher Show" sold for $26,250, earrings donned by Kate Winslet in "Titanic" went for $25,000, and a dressed worn by Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face" sold for an impressive $56,250. ( nydailynews.com )
A 1954 x-ray of the stunning starlet's chest sold at auction in Las Vegas on Sunday for a sizable $45,000. This was well above the estimated $800 to $1,200 it was expected to fetch.
Several items, including a chest x-ray (below), that were used or once belonged to Marilyn Monroe went up for auction over the weekend.
Julien's Auctions
X-ray of Marilyn Monroe's chest was taken in 1954 in Los Angeles. CLICK TO SEE OTHER AMAZING X-RAYSThe bizarre medical photograph was one of several of Monroe's belongings that were up for bid at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino via Julien's Auctions over the weekend.
"[The x-ray] was taken around the time she was believed to be pregnant, and rumor has it that she had a miscarriage," President/CEO Darren Julien told the Daily News back in April.
It was captured at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (which in 1961 merged with another hospital to become Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), and features the then 28-year-old Monroe's chest and lungs.
Another of the actress' items, the chair from her final photo shoot, sold for $35,000.
Items that were used by other famous celebrities also sold for big bucks. A dress worn by Cher in a 1975 episode of "The Cher Show" sold for $26,250, earrings donned by Kate Winslet in "Titanic" went for $25,000, and a dressed worn by Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face" sold for an impressive $56,250. ( nydailynews.com )
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