MARILYN MONROE'S ONLY KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHIC BUTTON FROM THE 1950s.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 20, 2024 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2.5" dia. and thick litho tin button with silvery gray tin covered back and pair of holes containing the original safety pin style fastener. The button is totally unmarked except for the bold "Marilyn" printed over the photo of her posing in her sunshine yellow swimsuit. The button was likely produced in Australia. Very small paint wear on the upper right quadrant, exceedingly minor for a litho. Button retains full gloss and the color has not faded. At the lower left corner of the button, a corner of a wire table shows. Image is from a photo shoot in 1953 by Frank Powolny. We've seen the image on a postcard from the 1950s printed in Germany, and it was also used by 20th Century Fox as a publicity still and a photo from the same session appears on the front of a November, 1953 issue of Motion Picture & TV Magazine. For a personality of Marilyn's magnitude, it is amazing that there are not numerous buttons picturing her from the 1950s and 1960s, but, in fact, this is the only vintage Marilyn Monroe button design known to us and one of only three examples seen in our 57 years. Exc. Rare.
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