Now you can own the dress that was part of one of Marilyn Monroe’s most memorable scenes. Debbie Reynolds is auctioning off her vast Hollywood memorabilia collection on June 18 and it includes the white halter dress which the blonde bombshell wore on the set of her film, The Seven Year Itch.

Reynolds, 79, has been in the game for more than 50 years and has managed to amass more than 3 500 famous film artefacts during her time.

Unfortunately the recession came knocking at her closet and because of a difficult “economic situation” she has decided to auction off the majority of her wares to the highest bidders in a few months.

Of course Reynolds is quite emotional about it all and has expressed her sorrow at having to split up the vast and historic collection.

It appears that numerous attempts to showcase the collection in its entirety have also fallen through and only aided Reynolds’ decision:

To keep them stored another 50 years didn’t make sense. I hope in the end they all find happy homes, that they will be shown, and that they might even land in museums.

The “Subway Dress” was designed by Travilla and some say it’s the jewel of the collection but you could also pick up Judy Garland’s costume from The Wizard of Oz, Audrey Hepburn’s Ascot dress from My Fair Lady and Barbara Streisand’s gold sleeveless gown from Hello, Dolly.

It’s thought that the iconic “Subway Dress” could fetch up to $2 million at auction and punters should make their way over to the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills for a peek in the coming weeks.

[Source: TimeNewsFeed]