An auction of Marilyn Monroe artifacts and memorabilia is facing a backlash over some “disturbing” items listed for sale.
The previously unseen items have been listed for sale to tie in with the 100th anniversary of the Hollywood star’s birth.
The auction will conclude on June 4 and consists of 190 items for sale of items from her home. However, the listings have caused controversy due to the inclusion of a series of medical X-rays, including a 1954 chest X-ray currently priced at $2,250, and a pelvic X-ray from the same year listed at $1,250.
The chest X-ray’s description reads, “A standard clear plastic Kodak Safety film; with text in the upper left corner reading in part ‘Cedars of Lebanon Hospital / Drs. E. Freedman and S. Finck / Name DiMaggio, Marilyn / Date 11-10-54 / Ref. By Dr. L. Krohn,’ showing the star’s spine, partial ribcage, and outline of her breasts; Dr. Leon Krohn was the star’s gynecologist who requested that Marilyn get this X-ray.”
Another two X-rays from 1952 are listed and claim to show the iconic star’s large intestines and gallbladder. The shock listings have created a stir online with fans, with one now asking someone who can afford it to purchase the medical records in order to “destroy them”.
Speaking on TikTok, she said, “It feels like we’ve reached a particularly sh—- inflection point of capitalism if we’re auctioning off a woman’s private medical data. So if you have about $30,000 and a barbecue and a US address, and are interested in buying Marilyn’s X-rays so we can destroy them together so this woman can finally rest in f—— peace, drop me a DM.”
More internet users have since joined in the effort, as some suggested creating a crowdfunding effort in order to see the items that are up for sale removed and destroyed.
One fan wrote, “Make a crowd funder and if we don’t win, donate the money to a women’s charity.” A second said, “Please do a fundraising page for this, so many of us would donate even a small amount. Letting this happen bodes badly for all of us.”
A third added, “Girl! GoFundMe. You’ve got 70k likes. If everyone donated a quid, you would have more than enough. You could donate to children’s charities with the rest in her honor, like she used to do.”
The TokTokker then explained to her followers that, as she is not US-based, she couldn’t facilitate the crowd-funded purchase herself. She said, “You need to show the entire amount upfront, you needed to be vetted by their system, and you need to have 25% of the fee plus premiums. That’s why I’m saying you need 30k because they will probably sell for 15k, but you’ll need to show the additional 15k to actually get them into your possession.”
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