This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 6/6/2013.
Brass portable purse ashtray measuring 2-1/4” x 1-7/8” x ½”. The ashtray weighs 27 grams and features the image of a lit cigarette enameled in white and red. The verso of the ashtray has been engraved, “Marilyn, The love of my life, Love, Joe”. The interior shows use and features a small rust spot in the area where a lit cigarette would be rested. The ashtray is in VG condition and is accompanied by a LOA from the executor of the Rosenstein estate that states that the ashtray was owned and used by Marilyn Monroe and that his father, a fixture in the motion picture industry for four decades, personally received the ashtray shortly after Marilyn’s death in the 1960’s from Monroe’s business manager, Inez Melson.