“It is a toss-up whether the scenery or the adornment of Marilyn Monroe is the feature of greater attraction in River of No Return,” reviewed The New York Times in 1954. That spangled beaded costume Monroe wore would become even more of a hit, nearly 60 years later, when it landed on the auction block. To those who remembered, one look at the costume recalled Monroe’s saloon girl lyrics: “Love is a traveler, On the River of No Return, Swept on for ever.” Love is indeed a travele
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