MELBOURNE, Australia — Rare footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of the 1959 hit "Some Like It Hot” has sold at auction for $14,624.
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The 2½-minute 8 mm film, which features Monroe goofing around with co-stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, was shot by a U.S. naval officer who was invited to the set. The sailor's daughter, who moved to Australia, discovered the film among her late father's possessions.
The footage, snapped up Thursday by an unnamed collector from Sydney, fell short of the presale estimate (roughly $16,700 to $20,900) but auctioneer Charles Leski of Leski Auctions said that "was something of a guess.”
The film shows Monroe surrounded by sailors at the base.
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