Marilyn Monroe's famous 'Seven Year Itch' dress goes under the hammer

This Saturday, Debbie Reynolds will demonstrate her flair with an auction of movie memorabilia she''s gathered over four decades and which includes costumes evoking some of filmdom''s greatest stars and roles.

Among them: The Marilyn Monroe dress that flirted with a subway gust in The Seven Year Itch; Audrey Hepburn''s stunning black-and-white Ascot race scene gown designed by Cecil Beaton for My Fair Lady, and Elizabeth Taylor''s pint-sized race togs from National Velvet and towering headdress from Cleopatra.

"I consider myself a fan. I''m a fan who was lucky enough to be among stars, so I collected them," Reynolds said during an auction preview at the Paley Center for Media.

Profiles in History, the auction house, estimates the nearly 600 items could bring up to 10 million dollars in the sale that will also be conducted online. More of Reynolds'' treasure trove is to be sold in December.

Taylor, who died in March, is among the best-represented stars in Reynolds'' collection - an irony, since Reynolds became the victim in one of Hollywood''s most famous love triangles when singer Eddie Fisher divorced her for Taylor.

The two women eventually appeared to put the past behind them: They co-starred in a 2001 TV movie, These Old Broads, and Taylor ended up contributing to Reynolds'' collection.

Other pieces up for grabs include costumes worn by Yul Brynner in The King and I, Greta Garbo in Anna Karenina and Marlon Brando in Mutiny on the Bounty, along with props such as a guitar used by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music.

Reynolds'' latest acquisition was the My Fair Lady gown, which she bought for 100,000 dollars at auction.

There are a number of Monroe costumes, which hold appeal for Reynolds because she knew the actress ("A sweet girl," Reynolds says) but also because they''re beautifully designed and made.

The auction represents the end of a dream. Reynolds'' combined casino-hotel and museum in Las Vegas closed and Reynolds planned to relocate the museum to Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Last year, Reynolds'' son, Todd Fisher, said the project had to file for bankruptcy protection and the collection would be sold to satisfy creditors.