Signed Monroe photo, $300,000, Heritage

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by Ken Hall

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The only known photograph of Marilyn Monroe inscribed to Joe DiMaggio (“I love you Joe, Marilyn”), sold for $300,000 at an auction held December 1st by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. It was a new auction record for a signed Monroe photograph. The picture was a publicity still taken in 1953 for the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. It was already among the most famous and coveted of Monroe’s portraits. It came with a signed letter from DiMaggio’s daughters Paula and Kathie.

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