Marilyn Monroe’s pink Pucci long-sleeved dress of silk jersey sold for $325,000 at an auction titled Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner X Marilyn Monroe held March 28-30 by Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. It was the most ever paid at auction for a Pucci dress. Also, Hugh Hefner’s burgundy smoking jacket, slippers, pajamas, and pipe ensemble fetched $13,000; and a vibrant painting by Leroy Neiman from Playboy’s “Man at Leisure” series, titled Stage Bar, garnered $114,500.
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