American Icons – Marilyn’s Chest X-ray

A healthy priced x-ray!

Proving that there’s a buyer for everything… a 1954 x-ray taken of Marilyn Monroe’s chest sold for a whopping $45,000 in a heated auction at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas! The 1954 X-ray was estimated to have a maximum selling price of $1,200! According to the President/CEO of Julien’s Auction, then 28-year-old Monroe was supposedly pregnant at the time. Now, that’s a collector’s item! The unforeseen high price goes along with my theory that a unique story adds exponential value and all you need for a BIG $ale is two people who buy that story! In addition to the X-ray, the chair from Monroe’s last photo shoot went for $35,000! Hey, big spenders, somewhere I have the x-ray of my broken pinky…and boy, can I tell you a story!

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