Famous items owned by Marilyn Monroe & Hugh Hefner going up for auction – including gown she wore in The Seven Year Itch

ITEMS owned and worn by Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe and Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner are going up for auction.

The collection includes a black and cellophane effect evening gown, which Monroe wore during filming for 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch.

It is set to net between £79,000 and £160,000.

Another highlight is an original programme and ticket stub that Monroe had been given when she attended the birthday gala of former president John F Kennedy in 1962.

Hefner’s items include a LeRoy Neiman 1959 original oil on canvas painting titled Romanoffs — which is expected to sell for £47,000-£63,000.

Other Hefner possessions on sale include a smoking jacket, silk pyjamas, slippers and a tobacco pipe.

Monroe died aged 36 in 1962 and Hefner in 2017 aged 91.

The auction — which includes more than 1,000 artefacts — takes place between March 28 and 30 at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles, California.

The auction house has also announced that highlights from the collection will be shown at two exclusive exhibitions in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

The first museum-like exhibition will be held at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong from January 27 to February 1.