Lot 635
Marilyn Monroe
Opening: $200
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Marilyn Monroe Productions business check (Colonial Trust Company of New York), 8.5 x 3, numbered “150,” filled out in type and signed beautifully by Monroe, "Marilyn Monroe," payable to Paul A. Reilly & Co., Inc., for $595.99, October 9, 1959. In fine condition. At the time she wrote this check, Marilyn was between projects—filming had wrapped on the screwball comedy Some Like It Hot, which would be released the next month on March 29th, and she would begin shooting Let's Make Love in early 1960.