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A accumulating of photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken for Vogue annual the year she died has been auctioned in New York for about $150,000.

A backer for Christie's bargain abode says the 36 photos taken by Bert Stern awash for $146,500 on Tuesday. The pre-sale appraisal was $100,000 to $150,000.

Christie's says the photos from a 1962 shoot were the aftermost able images taken of Monroe afore she died that year of a biologic overdose. They ran in Vogue instead as a memorial.

They're amid added than 100 Monroe images actuality offered for auction at Christie's. The auction continues Wednesday.

Also at Christie's Tuesday, four Helmut Newton photographs, blue-blooded "They're Coming, Paris (Naked and Dressed)," awash for $662,500.

The buyers were anonymous