Terry Gaouette, Scott Fortner, and the Marilyn Monroe Collection

1. Terry Gaouette, Scott Fortner, and the
Marilyn Monroe Collection

2. ● Terry Gaouette is a business professional and
entrepreneur who plays top executive roles at a
number of consulting, financial, and capital
management firms.
● Since 2005, he has served as Managing Director for
Platinum Red, LLC, a licensing and exhibition-
development company that controls one of the
largest privately owned collections of Marilyn
Monroe memorabilia in the world.
● Known simply as the Marilyn Monroe Collection,
this famous exhibit has toured around the world.
Terry Gaouette and the collection’s owner, Scott
Fortner, have worked together since 1990.

3. ● Featuring everything from autographs, apparel, and personal
scripts to bank statements, make-up, and even eye drops,
this comprehensive collection of Ms. Monroe’s private
artifacts most recently appeared at the Hollywood Museum
and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in
Los Angeles, California.
● These exhibits have garnered the attention of industry
publications and mainstream media outlets alike. Recent
press for the Marilyn Monroe Collection has appeared in
Intelligent Collector magazine, the New York Daily News,
and the nationally syndicated television programs
Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition.
● The exhibition has also received accolades from the
Collector’s Weekly Hall of Fame.

4. ● From June of 2012 to January of 2013, the Marilyn
Monroe Collection will be on tour at the Museo
Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence, Italy.