Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress from 'Seven Year Itch' sells for $4.6 million [PHOTOS]
Amazingly beautiful and sensuous Marilyn Monroe is still ruling the heart of many. Monroe's magic blew away the minds of her fans once again at a Beverly Hills, California auction on Saturday night, in which the iconic white subway dress she wore in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch sold for $4.6 million.
The dress was the first in a series of auctions to sell a collection of film memorabilia that singer, dancer and actress Debbie Reynolds accumulated over four decades.
Bidders paid another $2.7 million for three other Monroe movie outfits. A red sequined dress and feathered headdress worn by Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes reached $1.47 million and costumes from There's No Business Like Show Business and River of No Return brought another $1.2 million.
79-year-old Debbie Reynolds was in tears when the auction on The Seven Year Itch dress closed, CNN reported.
Other high-priced costumes that went on sale included Judy Garland's outfit, a blue cotton dress and a pair of ruby slippers, from The Wizard of Oz, a matador outfit worn by Rudolph Valentino for the 1922 film Blood and Sand, World War I military uniform worn by Gary Cooper in the 1941 movie Sergeant York and many more.
One of Charlie Chaplin's trademark bowler hats that worn in many films, sold for $135,300. The velvet brown horse racing outfit worn by Elizabeth Taylor as a child in National Velvet sold for $73,800.
Have a look at the pictures of some of the costumes:
![Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell in quotThe Seven Year Itchquot 1955 Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell in quotThe Seven Year Itchquot 1955](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/34775/marilyn-monroe-tom-ewell-quot-seven-year-itchquot-1955.jpg)
![The ivory-pleated Subway dress worn by actress Marilyn Monroe from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch The ivory-pleated Subway dress worn by actress Marilyn Monroe from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/34776/ivory-pleated-subway-dress-worn-actress-marilyn-monroe-1955-film-seven-year-itch.jpg)
![Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953039s quotGentlemen Prefer Blondesquot Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953039s quotGentlemen Prefer Blondesquot](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/34777/marilyn-monroe-lorelei-lee-1953039s-quotgentlemen-prefer-blondesquot.jpg)
![The red sequined dress and feathered headdress worn by Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The red sequined dress and feathered headdress worn by Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/34778/red-sequined-dress-feathered-headdress-worn-monroe-gentlemen-prefer-blondes.jpg)
![Marilyn Monroe wore this intricate saloon-girl gown in the 1954 film quotRiver of No Return.quot Marilyn Monroe wore this intricate saloon-girl gown in the 1954 film quotRiver of No Return.quot](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/34779/marilyn-monroe-wore-this-intricate-saloon-girl-gown-1954-film-quotriver-no-returnquot.jpg)
![Marilyn Monroe wore this intricate saloon-girl gown in the 1954 film quotRiver of No Return.quot Marilyn Monroe wore this intricate saloon-girl gown in the 1954 film quotRiver of No Return.quot](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/34780/marilyn-monroe-wore-this-intricate-saloon-girl-gown-1954-film-quotriver-no-returnquot.jpg)
![Marilyn Monroe as quotVickyquot in quotThere039s No Business Like Show Business.quot Marilyn Monroe as quotVickyquot in quotThere039s No Business Like Show Business.quot](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/34781/marilyn-monroe-quotvickyquot-quotthere039s-no-business-like-show-businessquot.jpg)
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