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By: Vanessa Gera, Associated Press
WARSAW (AP).- Poland plans to auction off part of a photographic collection
that includes hundreds
of photographs of Marilyn Monroe. The collection
includes close to 4,000 photographs taken by the late
celebrity photographer
Milton H. Greene. Some are well-known images, but Polish officials say they
believe the collection might contain some previously unpublished works. The
photos ended up in Poland's
possession as the result of a complex embezzlement
scandal that shook the country in the early 1990s.
A Chicago businessman
accused of cheating Poland out of millions of dollars gave the collection to
Poland in partial repayment for the government's loss. They have been stored in
a New York warehouse
for years and only ... More
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