27-28 October 1999: Christie's auctioned the bulk of
Marilyn Monroe's personal effects. In her will, Monroe expressed
her desire that Strasberg or her executor,
"distribute (these) among my friends, colleagues and those to whom I am
devoted." He willed them to Anna, who never met her; the auction netted
$12.3 million. She had declared that she would never sell
Monroe's personal items after successfully suing Odyssey Auctions in
1994 from preventing the sale of items Monroe's former business manager
Inez Melson had given to her sister, whose son had contracted with Odyssey. Julien's staged a second auction of Monroe's personal effects in 2005.