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Topic: Marilyn Monroe On 8mm Home Movie
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Lars Pettersson
Master Film Handler
Posts: 282
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted July 14, 2007 01:58 AM
I believe the estate of Marilyn Monroe was in the top ten among biggest moneymaking dead celebrities in 2005 (the list was topped by... guess who? ) so it makes perfect sense that any imagery of Marilyn Monroe would be valuable, as it could be used in documentaries, manipulated for commercials, etc.
There was a similar "funny thing" -seemingly ordinary item where bidding went through the roof- that happened at an auction over here a few months back: At a fine arts auction, an elderly couple put up an antique painting "painted in the tradition of Rubens", bidding start suggested at a few thousand dollars. What happened was international art collectors found out there might be a chance this was actually a GENUINE Rubens, got into the bidding, which ended at...
...just over 30 million dollars.
Cheers, Lars
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