Marilyn Monroe 'Seven Year Itch' Subway Dress
- Maker
- Marilyn Monroe / William Travilla
- Year
- 1955
- Rank
- 16 of 100
Marilyn Monroe 'Seven Year Itch' Subway Dress
Marilyn Monroe 'Seven Year Itch' Subway Dress by Marilyn Monroe / William Travilla (1955) is ranked 16 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $5,520,000 on 18 June 2011. The billowing-skirt image is among the most reproduced photographs of the 20th century.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The billowing-skirt image is among the most reproduced photographs of the 20th century.
White halter 'subway grate' dress from The Seven Year Itch; ex-Debbie Reynolds Collection
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $5,520,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 18 June 2011
Profiles in History (Debbie Reynolds Collection). $4.6M hammer; $5.52M with premium.
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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