MARILYN MONROE • 1955 Golden Dreams Calendar Poster • COMBINED On 18x24" Print!

Description: From My Personal Collection - You Are Looking TWO Different Classic Reproductions COMBINED ON ONE 18x24" POSTER PRINT - ( 45.72cm x 60.96.cm ) of the Classic 1955 ‘Golden Dreams’ Calendar Featuring The Iconic Red Velvet Portraits Of The Screen Goddess, MARILYN MONROE. The Special POSTER / Print Being Offered Here COMBINES Both Reproduced Calendar Images. Printed On Sturdy, 11Mil HQ Art PaperThere Are No Stains, Rips or Creases. .........................................................................................Note: This Listing Is NOT For the Actual Calendars. ............................................................................................................... •••••BOTH Calendar Images Featured Here Are 'COMBINED' On ONE 18x24" Poster Print. ONLY ONE CALENDAR POSTER PRINT IS AVAILABLE 18x24”….. Unframed …. $ 49.99 ( 45.72cm x 60.96.cm ) Featured Here •••••. AVAILABLE FRAMED 18x24” .......... FRAMED .…. $ 78.00 FOR US BUYERS ONLY This 18x24" Print Is Available FRAMED In The Lightweight Black Vinyl / Lucite POSTER FRAME Featured. ......................................................................... • Please Allow 2 To 3 Weeks ( As Ready ) For Shipping & US Delivery. Your Satisfaction Is 100% Guaranteed. •••••MESSAGE ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE FRAMED PRINT - BEFORE -YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER. I will then adjust the listing,and send you the link,to complete your purchase. •••••Note: This Listing Is NOT For the Actual Calendars. ........................................................................................................................ S H I P P I N G • INTERNATIONAL BUYERS • SHIPPING First Class International .................. With Customs Tracking ........…. $ 38.00 BY REQUEST Priority Express Registered ....… With Better Customs Tracking .…... $ 58.00 Includes Faster Delivery Time & Insurance. THESE INTERNATIONAL RATES ARE APPROXIMATE I Will Notify You With The Exact Shipping Cost For Your Location. ••••• RETURNS US Returns Are Accepted Within 14 Days Of Purchase. Returns are ONLY accepted carefully packed, AS RECEIVED, in the original packaging with the original protective shipping tube. Buyer Pays Return Shipping Cost. A Full Refund, LESS Listing & Handling Fees, will be given ONLY after the item is received,and the original 'Sent' condition is acknowledged. Poorly Packaged & Damaged Returns Will Not Be Accepted, Returned or Refunded. ••••• PLEASE NOTE For INTERNATIONAL Buyers, Returns Will NOT Be Accepted For This Item. All SPECIAL ORDER & INTERNATIONAL Sales Are Final. ••••• ABOUT THE RED VELVET PHOTOGRAPHS In October of 1948 Marilyn Monroe got into a minor car accident on Sunset Boulevard while she was on her way to a screen test. Photographer Tom Kelley happened to be near the accident. He was stunned by Marilyn’s beauty and gave her money for a cab to take her to her screen test and his business photos in the hopes he would get to photograph her. He shot the "Red Velvet" session May, 27th 1949. The 1955 calendar featured here, known as the ‘Golden Dreams’ Calendar, exploited the popularity of Marilyn Monroe. At the time, other calendar companies also used these Red Velvet images. 1955 Marilyn Monroe, already a rising star with the likes of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire under her belt, had a very specific and detailed idea of how she could improve her life and it all had to do with honing her craft. Tom Kelley contacted Marilyn on May 25, 1949. John Baumgarth, a wealthy Chicago manufacturer of calendars, had contacted Kelley about an upcoming calendar and he wanted a new model for artistic nude photo and Marilyn agreed. On Friday, May 27, 1949, Marilyn signed a contract with Tom Kelley under the pseudonym Mona Monroe. The photo session lasted two hours, Saturday, May 28, 1949. Natalie, the wife of Tom Kelley, attended and Kelley took twenty-four pictures, only two would be published. Kelley sold the publishing rights to the firm Baumgarth for $500, and Marilyn received $ 50 for the photo shoot. The calendar brought a fair amount of criticism from media of Marilyn which the lady brushed off, refusing to lie about the circumstances surrounding their creation as asked by then employers, 20th Century Fox. Many years later Marilyn Monroe was attributed with saying, regarding this, “I didn’t have anything on except the radio.” But in 1955 Marilyn Monroe, already a rising star with the likes of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire under her belt, had a very specific and detailed idea of how she could improve her life and it all had to do with honing her craft. These calendars featured one picture with a pad of month pages to be torn away one by one, whereas modern paper calendars may have 12-13 pages with a different picture for each month. This transition seemed to begin during the '40s and ‘50s. A pad type calendar with a full pad will be worth more than one with few pages left. According to some sources the Golden Dreams version is worth the most but all years sell for between $500-$700.00 if complete and in pristine condition. Photographs from the session itself, signed by the photographer, sell from $2,500.00 (US). In 1953, Hugh Hefner bought the rights to publish one of these calendar shots, "Golden Dreams" and used it as the center-piece in the first January 1953 issue of his new men's magazine, Playboy, but this was not one of the photos of Marilyn on red velvet. He also bought "A New Wrinkle" and other shots from the Kelley session. Playboy featured another photograph ( Featured Here ) of Marilyn on the cover. The 1955 Calendar, 14 by 8 inches, unframed recently sold at auction for $ 750.00

Price: 49.99 USD

Location: Houston, Texas

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