USA: THE 'RED VELVET' SERIES OF NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOLLYWOOD ICON MARILYN MONROE ARE SET TO GO UNDER THE AUCTIONEERS HAMMER

Record ID: 648837

  • Title: USA: THE 'RED VELVET' SERIES OF NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOLLYWOOD ICON MARILYN MONROE ARE SET TO GO UNDER THE AUCTIONEERS HAMMER
  • Date: 3rd March 2001
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MARCH 1, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. SCU ZOOM OUT "RED VELVET" SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF A NUDE MARILYN MONROE; CU PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARILYN MONROE POSING NUDE; CU SIGNATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHER TOM KELLEY (5 SHOTS) 0.38 2. MV TOM KELLEY, THE SON OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER, TOM KELLEY SENIOR, WHO TOOK THE ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF MONROE; MV TOM KELLEY POSING IN FRONT OF IMAGE 0.43 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOM KELLEY, CURRENT OWNER OF THE MONROE PHOTOGRAPHS SAYING "They were in the public domain. Some people think they were copied or used, that it is public domain, that's not right. They have been copyrighted. They were used with the copyright notice. Some were used in fine arts, but we haven't used them in licensing or for anything else of that nature." 1.11 4. SCU MORE OF PHOTOGRAPHS (3 SHOTS) 1.29 5. SCU INTERNET AUCTION SITE "E-BAY" WHERE PHOTOS ARE TO BE AUCTIONED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BUTTERFIELD'S AUCTION (4 SHOTS) 1.42 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) E-BAY AUCTION SPECIALIST GEOFF IDDISON SAYING: The potential is that 22 million users can actually come into the sale room online and put in a bid in real time. That's a first. We believe for this piece of property it is the best way one could sell it. 1.55 7. SCU PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARILYN MONROE; MV TOM KELLEY'S CAMERA; MV MORE NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS ON DISPLAY (7 SHOTS) 2.38 VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS (MUST COURTESY TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX) 8. SCU MARILYN MONROE ACTING IN THE 1953 FILM "GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES" 3.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 18th March 2001 12:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES/ VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVADMAP41GADWONOMXI769YOJUFX
  • Story Text: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe posing nude are set to
    go up for auction to the highest bidder. The infamous "Red
    Velvet Series" helped launched the career of the Hollywood pop
    icon.

    In 1949 Marilyn Monroe was paid fifty U.S. dollars to
    pose naked for the photos, now these images could fetch much
    more.

    According to conservative estimates, the "Red Velvet
    Series" could bring in up to one million U.S. dollars.

    Not only the do the images go to the highest bidder but
    also the intellectual property rights are up for grabs. The
    highest bidder will own the copyright to the famous photos.

    The auction is scheduled to be held at Butterfield's in
    Los Angeles on March 22 with real-time bidding via the
    Internet.

    The series was shot in 1949 by Tom Kelley, an Associated
    Press photographer who also did advertising work from his Los
    Angeles Studio.

    This was a transitional period for Marilyn Monroe. She had
    been divorced from her first husband James Dougherty for
    nearly three years and had begun and ended contacts with as
    many film studios.


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