Marilyn art work sells for €64,000

A PAINTING by Marilyn Monroe has been auctioned off with her personal phone book with numbers for Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny and scores of other celebrities for over $150,000 (€123,000) in Los Angeles.

The 1962 painting by the actress of a red rose was initially inscribed to President John F Kennedy, but she never gave it to him, said Darren Julien, president and chief executive of Julien’s Auctions, which organised Saturday’s auction of Monroe memorabilia.

She later wrote a second inscription over the first: “Happy Birthday Marilyn Monroe.”