A rare drum kit from John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s first band, The Quarrymen, is also going under the hammer, with estimates from Julien’s Auctions between $400,000 and $600,000. (Image Credits: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany)
These items are priced from $100,000 and $400,000 each.
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The pink Marilyn Monroe-style dress worn by pop star Madonna in her 1984 “Material Girl” music video and a drum kit used by the prototype Beatles are some of the items going under the hammer at a music memorabilia auction in California.
The Madonna lot, consisting of a pink satin dress with bustier top and oversized pink satin bow, satin opera gloves and rhinestone bracelets, is estimated to fetch between $100,000 and $200,000 when it goes under the hammer in May, as part of the “Music Icons” auction at Julien’s Auctions.
“We have Madonna’s ‘Material Girl’ ensemble that she wore in the video ‘Material Girl’ in 1985, where she was channeling Marilyn Monroe from the 1950s film that Marilyn did, ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’,” said Darren Julien, the founder and CEO of Julien’s Auctions.
“It’s one of the most historic and iconic pieces of Madonna… very few items that are this iconic of hers are in the public domain,” he added.
The dress was originally made for a 1980 television movie about Monroe but was rented from a movie prop company for use in Madonna’s “Material Girl” music video. The video was inspired by Monroe’s performance of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.”
A rare drum kit from John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s first band, The Quarrymen, is also going under the hammer, with estimates from Julien’s Auctions between $400,000 and $600,000.
