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Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe’s chest x-ray a week back fetched 45000 dollars at auction! The X-rays from her 1954 hospital visit were auctioned at the Hollywood Legends auction at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
As per a news report the X-rays, captured at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, features the then-28-year-old Monroe’s chest and lungs. The X-rays were taken at the time when she was believed to be pregnant and rumour has it that she had a miscarriage.
Before the auction took place, Julien’s Auctions had estmated that they would only fetch a total of about $3,000. Interestingly a chair from her last photo shoot that went for $35,000.
Other items which fetched good price at the auction included a pair of earrings worn by Kate Winslet in Titanic that sold for $25,000 and a dress Audrey Hepburn wore when she starred opposite Fred Astaire in the musical “Funny Face” that fetched $56,250.
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