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Photos from Marilyn Monroe’s first photo shoot — including a color shot of her smiling in a striped bikini on the sand — are hitting the auction block.

A bankruptcy judge in Florida ruled this week that photos taken in 1946 of Norma Jeane Dougherty — who went on to become the iconic Monroe — will be sold at auction in December to settle the debts of the photographer, Joseph Jasgur.

The rare collection also includes several model-release forms Dougherty signed for Jasgur in Hollywood.

The photos also include a black-and-white head shot of the future Monroe wearing a jaunty beret and another of her posing in a halter top.

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