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Heritage Auctions: A Century of Marilyn: The Timeless Image - Photographs Showcase Auction

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Auction Name A Century of Marilyn: The Timeless Image - Photographs Showcase Auction Total Sales (USD) 128,871.75
Auction Date June 01, 2026 - June 01, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 90,600.00
Sale Number #11257 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 141,300.00
Total Lots 78
Sold Lots 71.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 101,100.00
% of Lots Sold 91.03% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 157,300.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
38076 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe with Roses (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment prints, printed later 19 x 12 inches (48.3 x 30.5 cm) and slightly smaller (images) 19 x 13 inches (sheets) Two signed in ink, and one signed in red

1962 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,250.00
38058 Sam Shaw (1912-1999)

Sam Shaw (American, 1912-1999) Group of 7 color transparencies of Marilyn Monroe in Roxbury, Connecticut, and Amagansett Beach, New York, 1954-1957 Kodak Safety Film color transparencies 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches (6.3 x 6.3 cm) (each)

1954-1957 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,000.00
38077 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe "Baby" (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print, printed 2013 11-3/4 x 17-7/8 inches (29.8 x 45.4 cm) (image) 13 x 19 inches (sheet) Signed and editioned 41/50 in red conte crayon in the image. Si

1962, printed 2013 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
38070 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe in Black Dior Dress (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print, printed 2007 26 x 22 inches (66.0 x 55.9 cm) (image) 36 x 24 inches (sheet) Signed and inscribed in white conte crayon in the image. S

1962, printed 2007 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,437.50
38066 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe in Black Dior Dress (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print, printed 2007 25 x 22 inches (63.5 x 55.9 cm) (image) 36 x 24 inches (sheet) Signed and editioned AP 2/18 in white conte crayon in the

1962, printed 2007 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,000.00
38015 Philippe Halsman (1906-1979)

Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979) Marilyn Monroe with Weights, 1952 Gelatin silver print 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm) (image/sheet) Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, and with photographer's stamp, verso.

1952 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,375.00
38069 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe in Black Dior Dress (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print, printed 2007 25-1/2 x 22 inches (64.8 x 55.9 cm) (image) 36 x 24 inches (sheet) Signed and inscribed in white conte crayon in the imag

1962, printed 2007 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,250.00
38067 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe in Black Dior Dress (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print, printed 2007 25 x 22 inches (63.5 x 55.9 cm) (image) 36 x 24 inches (sheet) Signed and editioned AP 12/18 in white conte crayon in the

1962, printed 2007 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,250.00
38068 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe in Black Dior Dress (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print, printed 2007 27 x 22 inches (68.6 x 55.9 cm) (image) 36 x 24 inches (sheet) Signed and editioned AP 4/18 in white conte crayon in the

1962, printed 2007 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,250.00
38039 Sam Shaw (1912-1999)

Sam Shaw (American, 1912-1999) Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell on the Set of The Seven Year Itch, 1954 Dye coupler print, printed later 24 x 20 inches (61.0 x 50.8 cm) (image/sheet) Sam Shaw/Color Group Labs stamp, verso.

1954 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,250.00
38054 Marvin Scott

Marvin Scott (American) Marilyn Monroe on an Elephant (from Marilyn's Circus), 1955 Oversized digital pigment print, printed later 50-1/2 x 40 inches (128.3 x 101.6 cm) (image/sheet) Signed in ink in the image.

1955 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,125.00
38064 Eve Arnold (1913-2012)

Eve Arnold (American, 1913-2012) Marilyn Monroe, Studio Session, Hollywood, California, 1960 Gelatin silver print 10 x 7-1/4 inches (25.4 x 18.4 cm) (image) 10 x 8 inches (sheet) Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, and with photographer's stamp, verso.

1960 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,000.00
38078 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe, "Marilyn Drinking Wine" (from The Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print, printed 2012 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm) (image) 13 x 19 inches (sheet) Signed, editioned 11/50 and inscribed in red conte cr

1962, printed 2012 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
38061 Inge Morath (1923-2002)

Inge Morath (Austrian, 1923-2002) Marilyn Monroe Rehearsal of Roslyn's dance in Guido's garden for The Misfits (3 works), 1960 Gelatin silver print 8-3/4 x 13 inches (22.2 x 33.0 cm) (images) 11 x 14 inches (sheet) Signed in ink and with photographer's co

1960 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,500.00
38059 Philippe Halsman (1906-1979)

Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979) Marilyn Monroe Jumping, 1959 Gelatin silver print, printed 1981 12-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches (31.8 x 24.8 cm) (image) 14 x 11 inches (sheet) Photographer's stamp, and editioned 244/250 in pencil, verso.

1959, printed 1981 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,375.00
38008 Andre De Dienes (1913-1985)

Andre De Dienes (Hungarian, 1913-1985) Tobay Beach, New York, 1949 Gelatin silver print, printed later 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) (image/sheet) Photographer's stamp and The EastEnd Collection stamp, verso.

1949 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,187.50
38062 Ernst Haas (1921-1986)

Ernst Haas (American/Austrian, 1921-1986) Marilyn Monroe on the set of "The Misfits", 1960 Gelatin silver print, printed 2025 12-7/8 x 18-7/8 inches (32.7 x 47.9 cm) (image) 16 x 20 inches (sheet) Titled, dated, and editioned 11/100 in pencil, and with p

1960, printed 2025 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,937.50
38075 Bert Stern (1929-2013)

Bert Stern (American, 1929-2013) Marilyn Monroe, Red Roses (from the Last Sitting), 1962 Digital pigment print with applied media, printed later 14-1/2 x 11 inches (36.8 x 27.9 cm) (image) Signed and titled in red conte crayon in the image.

1962 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
38042 Roy Schatt (1909-2002)

Roy Schatt (American, 1909-2002) Marilyn Monroe, 1955 Gelatin silver print 16-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches (41.9 x 29.2 cm) (image) 17 x 14 inches (sheet) Signed, titled, and inscribed in ink, and with photographer's stamp, verso.

1955 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,812.50
38057 Sam Shaw (1912-1999)

Sam Shaw (American, 1912-1999) Marilyn Monroe, Amagansett Beach, New York, 1957 Dye coupler print, printed later 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) (image/sheet) Sam Shaw/Color Group Labs stamp, verso.

1957 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,750.00
38032 Philippe Halsman (1906-1979)

Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979) Marilyn Monroe Jumping, 1954 Gelatin silver print, printed later 13-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (33.7 x 26.0 cm) (image) 14 x 11 inches (sheet) Photographer's copyright stamp, verso.

1954 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,500.00
38027 Art Weissman

Art Weissman (American, 20th Century) Marilyn Monroe in Checkered Pants, circa 1953 Gelatin silver prints 9 x 9 inches (22.9 x 22.9 cm) (images) 14 x 11 inches (sheet) Collection stamp, verso.

circa 1953 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,437.50
38013 Frank Worth (1923-2000)

Frank Worth (American, 1923-2000) Marilyn Monroe and Ralph Edwards at the Hollywood Entertainers Baseball Game, 1952 Gelatin silver print, printed later 16-1/4 x 14-1/2 inches (41.3 x 36.8 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Editioned 82/195 in ink and emb

1952 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
38017 Andre De Dienes (1913-1985)

Andre De Dienes (Hungarian, 1913-1985) Marilyn Monroe at Hotel Bel Air, 1953 Gelatin silver print 24 x 20 inches (61.0 x 50.8 cm) (image/sheet) Signed in ink in the image. Photographer's stamps, verso.

1953 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,375.00
38063 Ernst Haas (1921-1986)

Ernst Haas (American/Austrian, 1921-1986) Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe on the set of "The Misfits", 1960 Gelatin silver print, printed later by Robin Bell 17-7/8 x 12 inches (45.4 x 30.5 cm) (image) 20 x 16 inches (sheet) Titled, dated, and editioned 6/

1960 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000