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Auction archive: Lot number 21

A BABY GRAND PIANO

Auction 27.10.1999
27 Oct 1999 - 28 Oct 1999
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$662,500
Auction archive: Lot number 21

A BABY GRAND PIANO

Auction 27.10.1999
27 Oct 1999 - 28 Oct 1999
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$662,500
Beschreibung:

A BABY GRAND PIANO The white lacquered piano is early-20th century, unknown American manufacturer. The case with square tapering legs and feet with casters; together with a matching bench. The piano originally belonged to Marilyn Monroe's mother, Gladys. After the star's mother was institutionalized, the piano was sold and it would take years of searching for Marilyn to finally locate the piano and buy it back. Her sentimental attachment to this instrument is well-documented in the 1974 book (published posthumously), My Story , by Marilyn Monroe in Chapter One entitled How I rescued A White Piano. Length: 52 in. Width: 57 in. Height: 40 1/2 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 1999 - 28 Oct 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A BABY GRAND PIANO The white lacquered piano is early-20th century, unknown American manufacturer. The case with square tapering legs and feet with casters; together with a matching bench. The piano originally belonged to Marilyn Monroe's mother, Gladys. After the star's mother was institutionalized, the piano was sold and it would take years of searching for Marilyn to finally locate the piano and buy it back. Her sentimental attachment to this instrument is well-documented in the 1974 book (published posthumously), My Story , by Marilyn Monroe in Chapter One entitled How I rescued A White Piano. Length: 52 in. Width: 57 in. Height: 40 1/2 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 1999 - 28 Oct 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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