{"id":7367,"date":"2011-10-14T03:50:22","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T07:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=7367"},"modified":"2011-10-14T04:01:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T08:01:09","slug":"the-debbie-reynolds-auction-part-2-catalog-available-for-pre-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/the-debbie-reynolds-auction-part-2-catalog-available-for-pre-order\/","title":{"rendered":"The Debbie Reynolds Auction Part 2: Catalog available for pre order."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Profiles in History<\/a><\/em><\/strong> has announced that they are taking pre orders for the auction catalog for The Debbie Reynolds Auction Part 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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PRESENTED BY PROFILES IN HISTORY
\nTHE DEBBIE REYNOLDS\u00a0COLLECTION PART II\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n STARS FOUR MORE MARILYN MONROE COSTUMES<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 3
\nAT THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA IN BEVERLY HILLS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bus Stop<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nLet’s Make Love<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nNiagara<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/td>\nGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u00a0<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On June 18, 2011, the first auction of the legendary Debbie Reynolds Collection set numerous Guinness World Records with sales in excess of $22 Million Dollars. \u00a0Profiles in\u00a0History, run by Joe Maddalena, is proud to announce the auction of the Debbie Reynolds Collection Part II on December 3 at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. \u00a0Part II of the auction will feature four Marilyn Monroe costumes from\u00a0Gentlemen Prefer Blondes<\/em>,\u00a0Bus Stop<\/em>,\u00a0Niagara<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Let’s Make Lo<\/em>ve<\/em>. Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks for more exciting highlights from Part II of the Debbie Reynolds Collection. \u00a0There will be over 430 lots in part II of the auction.<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Gentlemen Prefer Blondes<\/em>\u00a0is Monroe’s \u201cLorelei Lee\u201d aubergine gray evening dress and Bolero jacket by William Travilla. This elegant two-piece is accented by two aubergine satin trains flowing from the waist. Worn quite memorably by Miss Monroe for several scenes, from her clever efforts to remove Elliot Reid\u2019s clothes in order to search them, to being stuck halfway through a porthole, requiring rescue by her youngest suitor Mr. Henry. \u00a0Estimated at $150,000 – $200,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also designed by Travilla is the signature green and black-sequined brief showgirl leotard for Marilyn\u2019s character \u201cCherie\u201d in\u00a0Bus Stop<\/em>\u00a0(pictured left). It is one of the most iconic and indelible looks\u00a0\u00a0 from her entire career, being a top choice for publicity images of Marilyn even to this very day. In it, she performs an intentionally naive version of \u201cThat Old Black Magic\u201d, winning the heart of the handsome and rather eager cowboy played by Don Murray. This was to be the last of the great collaborations between Marilyn and her favorite costume designer, William Travilla. Estimated at $200,000 – $300,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Niagara<\/em>\u00a0is the light aqua suit designed by Dorothy Jeakins for her character \u201cRose Loomis.”\u00a0 This was a rather conservative look for Marilyn, which was deliberately chosen by her character as Joseph Cotten\u2019s unfaithful wife, off to an illicit rendezvous with her lover under Niagara Falls. The indelible image of Marilyn\u2019s hips swinging as she walks away in this form-fitted outfit is considered one of the great \u201csex in cinema\u201d sequences released during the height of the censorship Production Code. \u00a0Estimated at $100,000 – $150,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Once again by Dorothy Jeakins is Marilyn’s \u201cAmanda Dell\u201d strapless pale green pleated silk Empire gown with rhinestone trim for\u00a0Let\u2019s Make Love\u00a0<\/em>(pictured right).\u00a0 Designed to be unbearably sexy while still making it past the censors, it was worn for the title number, in which Marilyn offers herself upon a mid-century-modern stage of cross-rotating apartment flats, first to Frankie Vaughan, then Yves Montand in his fantasy. Estimated at $200,000 – $300,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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