Marilyn Monroe Red Sequin Dress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
- Maker
- Marilyn Monroe / William Travilla
- Year
- 1953
- Rank
- 55 of 100
Marilyn Monroe Red Sequin Dress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
Marilyn Monroe Red Sequin Dress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) by Marilyn Monroe / William Travilla (1953) is ranked 55 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $1,470,000 on 18 June 2011. One of the defining Monroe/Travilla screen costumes.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
One of the defining Monroe/Travilla screen costumes.
Travilla red sequin gown from the opening 'Two Little Girls from Little Rock' number; ex-Debbie Reynolds Collection
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $1,470,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 18 June 2011
Profiles in History (Debbie Reynolds Collection). $1.47M.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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