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A legal dispute over seven photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken before the death of the latter in 1962 ended in an amicable way, both sides reported on Monday.

The photos are part of the over 2,500 erotic images that Bert Stern took him to Monroe or semidesnuda nude for the magazine Vogue. Shortly after the star died of an overdose of drugs.


Last year two photographers approached Stern to reach an agreement related to the photographs, slides seven during what has been called the "last meeting" of photos of the actress. But the Stern sued because they thought they had stolen.

However, photographers Michael Weiss and Donald Penny argued that another colleague found the slides in the garbage in Manhattan in the 1970s and kept in a shoebox as souvenirs for nearly 35 years.


The lawyer of the two, Jamie Brickell, as well as the legal representative of Stern, Stephen Weingrad, said on Monday that the dispute was resolved amicably.

Brickell said that their clients did nothing wrong. Penny said, Weiss and Bryan never asked for money to Stern, but only talked about the possibility of returning the slides to change a set of prints that could keep.


Brickell, Weingrad, Stern, Penny and Weiss noted that there will be nine games and slides will be sold together, and indicated that the issue of how the gains are distributed is confidential.

"Given that only seven of nine games produced prints each, are very excited," says Weiss and Penny through Brickell.


"These are great pictures of Marilyn Monroe. With the original film and digital tools we have now, we can create wonderful views, unique in its kind," they added.