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A bidding war has broken out overMarilyn Monroe’s braas punters splash out over $5,000 for the provocative piece.
The item, a 36C brassiere dating from the 1950s, isup for auctionon Thursday along with dozens of other items that belonged to the Hollywood legend.
The starting bid was just $25 but it soon hit the thousands and quickly surpassed the estimate of $1,000 to $2,000 as 13 bids have already been registered.
“It’s priceless. A lot of people will wait until Thursday to bid, I expect it to reach over $20,000 easily. There’s interest all over the world” says Martin Nolan, executive director and co-founder ofJulien’s Auctions.
“People are obsessed with her breasts,” he adds, saying the last time one of Monroe’s bras was up for auction a woman asked to smell it.
“People want to feel close to her and there’s nothing more personal and intimate. She created this brand and part of that brand is her breasts,” he said.
Also expected to cause a bidding war at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills at 10am Thursday, are the gates to the Brentwood home where Monroe tragically died by probable suicide.
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The wood structures, seen in iconic news footage from the day the model was wheeled out of the home on a gurney, stayed with the house until 1984.
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