B.B. King’s guitar, Marilyn photos up for auction in New York

Aug 24 (Reuters) – Eclectic objects from popular culture and historical past, together with a guitar owned by blues legend B.B. King and early images of movie star Marilyn Monroe, can be up on the market at Guernsey’s public sale home in New York subsequent month.

“It is an public sale of iconic objects, issues that will haven’t any relation to 1 one other… What they do have in widespread is that in a method or one other, they’re fairly exceptional – whether or not they relate to a well-known incident or a well-known particular person,” mentioned Arlan Ettinger, Guernsey’s founder and president.

B.B. King’s very first and never-seen-before guitar is among the many tons. Different objects coming immediately from the property of King, who died in 2015, embody handwritten music, an African tribal drum given to him by former South African chief Nelson Mandela, and a half dozen stage-worn jackets.

Images from Marilyn Monroe’s first-ever photograph shoot are additionally included within the sale, which include an attention-grabbing backstory.

“In 1945, Captain Ronald Reagan of the U.S. Military requested a personal within the Military to go {photograph} enticing ‘Rosie the Riveter’-type younger girls working on the native warfare plant… This is likely one of the authentic pictures. That girl… turned the good and legendary Marilyn Monroe,” Ettinger defined, whereas holding one of many images.

Additionally included within the 120-lot sale are sports activities objects from U.S. baseball star Mickey Mantle, in addition to jazz singer Billie Vacation’s passport and fur wrap.

Historic tons embody an engine telegraph used aboard the usSt. Louis and a sword that was on show whereas President John F. Kennedy’s physique laid in state on the White Home.

Proceeds from a sale of instruments used on the website of the World Commerce Heart assaults in New York in September 2001 will go to profit the web 9/11 Tribute Museum.

The public sale will happen on-line at LiveAuctioneers.com and invaluable.com on Sept. 21.

Reporting by Alicia Powell; Writing by Mark Porter; Enhancing by Rosalba O’Brien

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