Marilyn Monroe 'last' nude photos fail to sell

Updated On: 09 May, 2012 08:21 AM IST | | PTI

Nude photos from what is said to have been Marilyn Monroe's last formal photo shoot, just six weeks before her 1962 death, failed to sell at auction in New York.

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The collection on sale as "Marilyn Monroe -- Last Sitting" had an estimated value of between USD 18,000 and USD 25,000 at the Bonhams auction. However, the lot "failed to meet its reserve price," spokeswoman Julie Saunders Guinta said. The photographs were taken by Bert Stern during a marathon session for Vogue magazine and caught the screen queen unclothed, holding a champagne glass and lounging in bed. One shows Monroe topless and facing the camera with her arms in the air.u00a0

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