Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies will host a media preview event Wednesday in Gardena showcasing items from the life and career of Marilyn Monroe ahead of next month’s “100 Years of Marilyn” auction marking what would have been the Hollywood icon’s 100th birthday.
The preview will get underway at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Julien’s Studios, where executives from Julien’s Auctions will discuss the June 4 auction at The Peninsula Beverly Hills, 9882 S. Santa Monica Blvd. The event will kick off a monthlong series of Hollywood memorabilia auctions dubbed “A Month of Hollywood Legends.”
Online bidding for the June 4 auction will also be available through www.juliensauctions.com, according to organizers.
The collection includes a wide range of personal and professional items tied to Monroe, including clothing, film scripts, makeup products, photographs and handwritten notes, along with artifacts connected to films such as “The Seven Year Itch” and “Something’s Got to Give.”
Organizers said one of the most notable items is the front entry gate from Monroe’s Brentwood home, described as a rare, museum-quality piece tied to the actress’s final residence. The home was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument in 2024.
Other highlights include a 1950s Jeanne Lanvin ivory silk evening gown, Monroe’s annotated script from “Something’s Got to Give,” and her 1949 William Morris Agency contract. The sale also features a 1956 Screen Actors Guild membership card and a handwritten recipe note.
Additional items include a signed 1960 check from Marilyn Monroe Productions, a Schwab’s Pharmacy receipt tied to her Beverly Hills Hotel stay, and personal garments such as a 1950s brassiere from her estate, organizers said.
Also up for auction are her Max Factor lipstick used during the filming of “Something’s Got to Give” and a Helena Rubinstein mascara from around 1962.
The collection features a signed 1954 photograph of Monroe and Joe DiMaggio in Japan, a never-published 1962 photograph taken shortly before her death, early career headshots from the 1940s, and rare behind-the-scenes images from “The Seven Year Itch.”
“There was a world before Marilyn Monroe and a profoundly different one after. She remains a once-in-a-generation star whose influence reshaped culture and continues to resonate today,” Martin Nolan, executive director and co-founder of Julien’s Auctions, said in an earlier statement.
Turner Classic Movies will also honor the Los Angeles native throughout June as its “Star of the Month,” airing a lineup of Monroe films including “Some Like It Hot,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “The Seven Year Itch.”