marilyn monroe

Showbiz memorabilia had its closeup in the past few weeks, with items made famous by Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson and Judy Garland fetching an over-the-rainbow prices at auction. Why are people compelled to buy these items, and who's drawing the biggest bucks? Read on...

The posh Brentwood mansion where movie star Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 is up for sale for $3.6 million. The Spanish colonial revival home in the Los Angeles suburb is a 2,624-square-foot, one-story house built in 1929 and features four bedrooms, three baths and of course, a swimming pool. Real...

Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including posts about the Standard & Poor's 500 reaching its lowest price-per-earnings ratio ever, a biotech stock with the potential to quintuple in value and the market price of Marilyn Monroe's chest and pelvis X-rays.

A set of X-rays of Marilyn Monroe's chest was sold for $45,000 at an auction in Las Vegas. The X-rays, which were taken during a 1954 hospital visit, were sold at a movie memorabilia auction at Planet Hollywood, the BBC reported. The pre-sale estimate was a mere $3,000. A chair from the star's...

When you think of Marilyn Monroe's iconic sewer grate photo, is the first thing that comes to mind the style and cut of the panties she was wearing? Yeah, me neither. But Protec-Style Lingerie is betting that some women have noticed -- and that they long to channel Monroe's glamour by wearing...

What would you pay to lie eternally on top of Marilyn Monroe? In what has got to be one of the most obscene gesture yet in this recession, a Los Angeles woman is proving you're not even safe in death. She's putting her husband's prime crypt real estate, directly above the bombshell blonde, up for...

He's your guyWhen stocks are high,But beware when they start to descend.It's then that those lousesGo back to their spouses.Diamonds are a girl's best friend.Although it's been over 55 years since Marilyn Monroe sashayed her way through "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," the diamond industry's...

If you're looking to add a touch of class to your dorm room for the coming semester, you can't go wrong with awesome 24x36" Marilyn Monroe Poster. It's on sale for $4.98 at AllPosters and shipping is also free with the code APCSHP.Here's some other classy posters that are part of the same sale:...