Rare Marilyn Monroe photos from her final shoot to be auctioned

It was mid-1962 at the Hôtel Bel Air when Burt Stern photographed Marilyn Monroe for Vogue, creating the legendary series known as The Last Sitting. Now, these original prints head to auction on December 2nd. Highlights include striped scarf estimated at up to €10,000 and black jewel dress expected to fetch up to €4,000. Yes, and yours. Experts say Stern's work was defined by a rare connection with his subject. We'll see you, Marilyn, in August. He brought a certain spontaneity and, above all, a desire to enter into the intimacy of each person he photographed. He was a photographer who didn't want to be like everyone else. It's a photographer who didn't want to do like Leno. The collection also includes portraits of Brigitte Bardot, Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong. But his final images of Monroe remain the centerpiece. He managed to get a very close contact to the people he photographed. He always said somehow he falls in love with a person, but if you cannot fall in love, at least you take a picture, and the picture remains. So especially strong is this meeting now, of course, with Marilyn, who passed away. A couple of weeks after the photo shoot, but she's gone, but the pictures remain, and that was so important about his work. Public viewing in Paris runs from November the 28th to December the 1st, ahead of the sale.