- Finish: Ivory Celluloid & Gold
- Edition: 288 Fountain Pens/28 Rollerballs
The name, the myth, the legend. On October 27 and 28, 1999 a throng
descended upon Christie’s Auction House in New  York
City to find, and if fortunate, to acquire a piece of their patron
saint – Marilyn. Christie's Auction House prepared and publicized
the event with as much prestige as a grand master sale. Even her
most insignificant possessions were bid to the stratosphere in
a frenzied circus.
Yona Zeldis McDonough wrote this about the Christie’s auction:
"There was a black tiered makeup case. The case was loaded
with the tools of her trade: lipsticks and cream eye shadows in
golden tubes with elegiac names like pearly blue and autumn smoke.
But these were hardly the pristine, fresh from the department
store packages that we might recognize from the world of advertising.
Instead, it was clear that everything had been opened, used, and
even (slightly) abused. These artifacts silently attest to the
unmistakable humanity of their owner. But they also remind us
of the artifice-another name for magic-that she used to invent
herself. Her cosmetics hold a dual meaning: they underscore her
mortality while at the same time they were the very means by which
she would ultimately escape it.” No one can deny that Marilyn
was more than a movie star. She was a worldwide sensation in her
time, but it seems close to forty years after her death, her popularity
has extended beyond sensation to icon.
Marilyn Monroe after her tragic death is as remarkable now as
when she was alive. Why is her image so enduring? Photography.
Photographs of her are compelling not for their artistic quality
but because they have an image of Marilyn. Her natural brilliance
outshined any photographer’s artistic talents. Certain of
these images have solidified into some of the most famous images
of the Twentieth Century.
Krone’s Marilyn Monroe pen is made of a velvety ivory celluloid.
The cap of the pen has a golden overlay, which contains Marilyn
Monroe’s personal red lipstick. The lipstick is surrounded
by pave diamonds. As Marilyn Monroe’s image is what best
represents her; Krone has captured just that when you look through
the viewing window at the top of the cap and see Hilton H. Greene's
famous photograph of her. There you see her classic image, which
we have all come to recognize. Marilyn’s signature is engraved
into the barrel of the pen. When the cap is taken off, a unique
gold rigged nib casing and 18kt. -Gold nib is revealed. Available
in F, M and B.
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