Marilyn Monroe’s Vintage Minaudiere Still Has Some Her Makeup (Exclusive)

Marilyn Monroe knew how to be fabulous and functional.

Among the items that were part of Bold Luxury: The Limelight Edit at Julien’s Auctions was a Pandora minaudiere evening purse owned by the late starlet. PEOPLE got a look at the chic, versatile piece ahead of the auction.

“Here, it’s this little compact. You can see her powder puff and there’s still a little bit of powder on there,” Martin Nolan, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Julien’s Auctions demonstrated for PEOPLE during our preview.

Each compartment of the palm-sized powerhouse featured a different function — handy for a woman on the go.

“When I open this carefully, you have two dimes. So she could call a cab, call a friend. It also has her comb and her lipstick,” he shares.

“There’s still lipstick in here,” he demonstrated, carefully winding the cosmetic tube. In another compartment, Monroe had a stash of eight Philip Morris cigarettes. The handy accessory was admired by many, but was not sold at the auction.

“Tommy bought them at the Christie’s original Marilyn Monroe estate auction in 1999,” Nolan explains.

“There was three pairs in the lot. One pair he gave to Naomi Campbell. One pair he gave to Britney Spears, and one pair he kept. He had it in his office as he moved to various places, framed and now he’s letting go of them.”

The cowboy boots sold for $78,000, while the jeans went for $52,000.

Both on screen and in public, Monroe was known for being as glamorous as could be, swathed in luxurious gowns that would go down in history as some of the most iconic of all time.

She often wore elegant looks created by costume designers in her films — and would pull some of the gowns for red carpet premieres, too.

Bold Luxury: The Limelight Edit begins Thursday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m. PDT.