A 1953 portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Alfred Eisenstaedt sold at auction for more than €24,000, upstaging the much-publicised photograph of a naked Carla Bruni, auctioneers have confirmed. The Monroe photo more than doubled its pre-sale estimate of €10,000 at a Villa Grisebach Auction in Berlin. The 25.4x20.3cm silver gelatin print raked in €24,395 (around £21,600). Eisenstaedt, famed for his work on LIFE Magazine, captured many famous subjects during his career including John F Kennedy, Winston Churchill, and Albert Einstein. The award-winning photographer died in 1995.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Marilyn Monroe Photo Upstages Naked Bruni at Auction
A 1953 portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Alfred Eisenstaedt sold at auction for more than €24,000, upstaging the much-publicised photograph of a naked Carla Bruni, auctioneers have confirmed. The Monroe photo more than doubled its pre-sale estimate of €10,000 at a Villa Grisebach Auction in Berlin. The 25.4x20.3cm silver gelatin print raked in €24,395 (around £21,600). Eisenstaedt, famed for his work on LIFE Magazine, captured many famous subjects during his career including John F Kennedy, Winston Churchill, and Albert Einstein. The award-winning photographer died in 1995.
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