Marilyn Monroe dress auctioned 213 Thousand Pounds

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All things that smelled of icon sex famous in the 20th century, Marilyn Monroe would make money. After the previous image, X-ray images, and even books auctioned Marilyn, now turn to dress the stars "Misfits" was auctioned.

Pink satin dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she appeared to be "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in "Gentlemen prefer Blondes" has sold more than 213 thousand pounds in an auction.

Initially, sales are expected to dress only reached 170 thousand pounds. The reason is, there are still 1500 other items to be auctioned. However, the results obtained indicate another. Marilyn dress thus can penetrate more than 200 thousand pounds.

In addition to Marilyn's dress, there are other items for auction. Namely hats worn by the Wicked Witch of the West in 'The Wizard of Oz', which won 137 420 pounds, while previously only expected to reach 100 thousand pounds.

Bags used by Julie Andrews in Disney's series "Mary Poppins" won £ 65 274, whereas previously only estimated to be only sold eight thousand pounds.

Profiles in History Auction was held in Los Angeles from June 10 to 12, including hand shears are used by Johnny Depp in "Edward Scissor hands" and the face of an alien in "Star Trek: The Original Series", which reached 48 thousand pounds.