Naked Marilyn Monroe, a trippy George Harrison and a teenage Brooke Shields in Calvin Kleins are among dozens of iconic Richard Avedon portaits up for auction

• Also featured are William Burroughs, Albert Einstein and Fidel Castro 
• The photos sold for tens of thousands of dollars by Swann Auction House 
• Legendary photogs Andy Warhol and Richard Avedon had their work auctioned 

Photos of some of the greatest icons of the 20th century have gone for sale for thousands of dollars as part of a recent auction for Swann Auction House.

The photos that went for auction and sold for thousands of dollars included nude shots of Marilyn Monroe by photographer Lawrence Schiller, which went for $12,000.

Psychedelic snaps George Harrsion from The Beatles by legendary photographer Richard Avedon went for $38,000.

There are are rare prints of Brooke Shields’ iconic photos advertising Calvin Klein jeans as well.

Legendary artist Andy Warhol’s photos are also part of the auction by Swann Galleries, including shots of William Burroughs and famous photobooth pictures of Holly Solomon that went up for sale. 

Photos of some of the greatest icons of the 20th century have gone for sale for thousands of dollars as part of a recent auction for Swann Galleries

The photos that went for auction and sold for thousands of dollars included nude shots of Marilyn Monroe by photographer Lawrence Schiller, which went for $12,000

The shots feature Monroe emerging from the water in black and white and behind the scenes shots in color

The legendary actress rises from the water in these pictures

Schiller included some of the shots in a book about his time shooting with Monroe called Marilyn & Me

The photos sold by noon on February 23, totaling thousands of dollars

Schiller famously proclaimed in his book that he photographed the starlet ‘on her way down’ while he was on his way up

Schiller said in interviews that he first photographed Monroe when he was just 23 years old

Monroe was 34 years old in 1960, when she first posed for Schiller

Sparks fly in this shot from Schiller’s collection

A psychedelic photo of George Harrison well oversold the $15,000-$20,000 estimate and was bought for $38,000

This picture of Malcolm X taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson sold for $5,400

Andy Warhol’s famous portrait of William Burroughs sold for over $9,000, over estimates of $5,000-$7,000

This photo of Elvis Presley saw the king on a train from Chattanooga to Memphis on July 4, 1956. The Alfred Wertheimer picture sold for $2,400

Another shot from Richard Avedon’s collection – this Brooke Shields campaign for Guess Jeans – sold for $8,000

This snap of legendary genius Albert Einstein, shot by Philippe Halsman, sold for $2,800 according to Swann Galleries

A photo of the famous supermodel Twiggy shot by the late Bert Stern was sold for $1,900

Diego Rivera took this picture of Frida Kahlo and Emmy Lou Packard in Mexico City. It sold for $4,400

A $10,000 sale was made on this photo of Apache leader Geronimo by Edward S. Curtis

Andy Warhol took these famous photobooth style pictures of Holly Solomon, which sold for $7,5000

Not all of the photos are of the rich and famous and legendary, as this picture by Diane Arbus titled ‘A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing’ sold for $10,000

This photo of a home in Los Angeles by Julius Shulman sold for $7,000

Gordon Parks’ photo, entitled ‘Music – That Lordly Power’ sold for $4,400

A shot by Lewis W. Hine of a construction worker welding steel girders on the Empire State Building sold for $4,800

Famous American fashion designer Charles James sits for Peter Hujar in a shot that sold for $9,000

‘Clown Playing Solitaire’ – a photo of Emmett Kelly by Irving Penn – went at auction for $12,000

Jerry Uelsmann’s ‘Untitled (Ball and Cube at Beach)’ went at the auction for $2,800

An environmental landscape from Boulder, Colorado, photographed by Robert Adams went for $16,000

This photo, known as ‘La Derniere Valse Du 14 Juillet’ by Robert Doisneau was auctioned off for $3,600

The famed author Truman Capote and Manson family associate Bobby Beausoleil are seen in ‘San Quentin Summer’ by Peter Beard. The picture sold for $800

Many renovations ago, this shot of the interior of Penn Station by the photographer Berenice Abbott sold for $5,800

‘Bari’ from Luigi Ghirri’s series ‘Paesaggio Italiano’ sold for $9,000

Revolutionaries Che Guevara and Fidel Castro are seen enjoying a game of golf in this Albert Korda shot. It sold for $1,000

This $600 shot was taken of the first gas attack by the Germans against the allies at Ypres, Belgium

Ivan Shagin’s photo ‘Attack’ sold for $2,200

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