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Want to buy Marilyn Monroe's bra?

Updated on: 18 July,2009 09:07 AM IST  | 
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It will be auctioned today, along with her underwear, silk stocking

Want to buy Marilyn Monroe's bra?

It will be auctioned today, along with her underwear, silk stocking

Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe's underwear, including a 'Wonderbra' and silk stockings will be auctioned in London.

The bra was worn by the icon in The Seven Year Itch when she was shot in a white halter neck dress with the wind from a New York subway grate billowing up her skirt.

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The 1950 version of a Wonderbra was popular among burlesque artistes and is expected to fetch up to u00a32,000 (Rs 1.6 lakh).
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The cream and ivory-coloured piece was part of Monroe's clothes sold in 2005 and will be part of an auction organised by the International Autograph Auctions that will be held today.

A signed black and white photograph of the star holding a bunch of roses is expected to attract bids of u00a33,000 (Rs 3.4 lakh). Monroe died in 1962 from a drug overdose.




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