Marilyn Monroe stag film auction flops

Going once?

August 8, 2011 at 3:44PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Do I hear 2 million pesos? No, I guess I don't:

The company that owns the right to market Monroe's likeness, and put it on cheesy paintings that show her sitting on a stood while James Dean and Humphrey Bogart play pool in a diner in Heaven, says the woman in the tape doesn't even look like her. Here's the guy who's selling the pix, and some stills.

EDS NOTE NUDITY - In this picture taken July 20, 2011, Spain's memorabilia collector Mikel Barsa smiles during an interview with The Associated Press beside  images taken from an allegedly newly discovered 8-mm stag film, purportedly showing Marilyn Monroe having sex when she was still an underage actress known as Norma Jean Baker, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The protectors of Marilyn Monroe's estate and image have lawyers ready to sue if Barsa goes ahead with his plan to sell the film he says shows the underaged star. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Perhaps the real intention is to sell the film as a famous fake for 1 million pesos.

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