Marilyn Monroe: Gaga Dress

Marilyn Monroe: Gaga Dress, A Lady Gaga dress, a self-drawn sketch of John Lennon with Yoko Ono and photos of a young Marilyn Monroe were among items sold at an LA auction that made over $4 million, organizers said.

The structured dress that Lady Gaga wore on the cover of Madame Figaro magazine in 2001 went for $31,250, the first such sale at auction, while the prop gun she used in the video for “Born This Way” sold for $7,680.

A collection of photos and negatives with copyright of Norma Jean, before she became Marilyn Monroe, sold for $352,000 at the four-day sale at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, which ended Sunday.

An Irish Falcon Gretsch guitar from U2 frontman Bono’s personal collection, signed by the singer and with a scratch guard reading “The Goal is Soul,” sold for $135,300.

Among Beatles memorabila was a John Lennon & Paul McCartney worn jacket from the film “Help!,” which fetched $43,750, while a caricature drawing by Lennon of him and Ono during their famous 1969 “Bed In” sold for $90,000.

Pants worn on stage by Mick Jagger from an early 1980s European tour sold for $7,040; an Elvis Presley leather jacket for $16,640; a pair of Frank Sinatra stage boots $5,120 and a Dean Martin tuxedo for $20,000.

Michael Jackson-related items sold included a pair of Victory Tour sunglasses for $7,680, and a collection of five stage costumes worn by the Jackson 5 at the 1976 American Music Awards, which went for $10,240.

Later this month Julien’s Auctions is to sell furniture and personal effects from the Holmby Hills mansion that was the King of Pop’s last home, and where he died on June 25, 2009.

The sale will include a mirror on which the star had written “March, April” and then “May — Full on” — an apparent reference to the grueling rehearsals he was attending in early 2009 for a series of comeback concerts in London.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, “My Week with Marilyn,” starring Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams as a sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, 1950, will see its world premiere at the Film Festival in New York in October, organizers said Thursday.

Directed by Simon Curtis, the film is based on a week that the writer Colin Clark worked as an assistant with Monroe while she was filming “The Prince and the Showgirl” in the UK in early summer 1956.

Monroe’s film appears to be working with Sir Laurence Olivier and was shot when Monroe was honeymooning with her husband, playwright Arthur Miller. When he left England, Clark was assigned to Monroe to introduce British life.

“My Week with Marilyn” is based on Clark kept a diary, extracts of which were published in two books in 1995 and 2000. Along with Williams, the film also stars Kenneth Branagh and Olivier, Dougray Scott as Miller and Judi Dench.

“After watching Marilyn Monroe often portrayed in movies as a caricature, is a pleasure to see this complex personality and unique presence on the screen so well portrayed by an actress as talented as Michelle Williams,” said Richard Pena, director of program of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which supports the festival.

The film, which tries to compete in Hollywood’s Oscar race, this next season, will have its premiere at New York Film Festival on October 9 and will be released in theaters on November 4.

Williams has been nominated twice for an Oscar for her work in “Brokeback Mountain” and “Blue Valentine”, but he has to honor the world’s top film.

The New York Film Festival, which takes place through September30 October 16, will also feature a special screening of the digitally restored version of William Wyler’s “Ben-Hur.” Also celebrating the 100th anniversary of Japan’s Nikkatsu films with screenings of many of the films of the studies, including Kon Ickhkawaa “The Burmese Harp” and Masahiro Makinoa of “Love Birds Sing.”