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Marilyn Monroe | 1956 Personally-Owned Sepia Photograph by Cecil Beaton

Sold for $4,000 at Julien's Auctions on Jun 4, 2026.

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An original print; large square-ish format [15"x14"], matte finish, depicting the star in her fabled "favorite photo of herself" -- you know the one -- where she's holding a flower as she rests against an Asian-print backdrop, mounted to an off-white mat board which is then housed in an oversized tan-colored folder; this being one of many like copies that Marilyn specifically had printed up to sign for special people in her life; originally from the star's own files as inherited by Lee and Paula Strasberg.

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