Editing Debbie Reynolds (section)

=== Film history preservation ===
Reynolds amassed a large collection of [[Film memorabilia|movie memorabilia]], beginning with items from the landmark [[Film memorabilia#1970 MGM auction|1970 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer auction]], and she displayed them, first in a museum at her Las Vegas hotel and casino during the 1990s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-01-ca-49745-story.html|title=Reynolds' Unsinkable Museum : Memorabilia: Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood museum opens in Las Vegas tonight, 25 years after the plucky performer salvaged MGM's discards.|first=Laurie K.|last=Schenden|date=April 1, 1995|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and later in a museum close to the [[Kodak Theatre]] in Los Angeles.

The museum was to relocate to be the centerpiece of the Belle Island Village tourist attraction in the resort city of [[Pigeon Forge, Tennessee]], but the developer went bankrupt.<ref name=DNews>{{cite news |title=Auction Set for Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Memorabilia |work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |date=September 10, 2010 |url=http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16042045 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628212918/http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16042045 |archive-date=June 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=Sentinel>{{cite news |title=With No Buyer, Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Memorabilia To Go To Auction |author=Flory, Josh |work =[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=September 9, 2010 |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/09/091010reynolds/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913024446/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/09/091010reynolds |archive-date=September 13, 2010}}</ref> The museum filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter&nbsp;11 bankruptcy]]<ref name=WSJ>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2010/09/10/reynolds-to-auction-hollywood-memorabilia/ |title=Reynolds to Auction Hollywood Memorabilia |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] blogs |date=September 10, 2010 |access-date=January 18, 2011 |first=Jacqueline |last=Palank}}</ref> in June 2009. The most valuable asset of the museum was Reynolds' collection.<ref name=DNews/> Todd Fisher, Reynolds' son, announced that his mother was "heartbroken" to have to auction off the collection.<ref name=DNews/> It was valued at $10.79&nbsp;million in the bankruptcy filing.<ref name=Sentinel/> Los Angeles auction firm [[Profiles in History]] was given the responsibility of conducting a series of auctions.<ref name=Sun>{{cite news |title=Marilyn Monroe's Skirt Going Up&nbsp;– On Auction Block |author=Stone, Jay | work = [[The Vancouver Sun]] |date=February 27, 2011 |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Marilyn+Monroe+skirt+going+auction+block/4352729/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609215004/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Marilyn+Monroe+skirt+going+auction+block/4352729/story.html |archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> Among the "more than 3500 costumes, 20,000 photographs, and thousands of movie posters, costume sketches, and props" included in the sales were [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s bowler hat and [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s white "subway dress," whose skirt is lifted up by the breeze from a passing subway train in the film ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]'' (1955).<ref name=Sun/> The dress sold for $4.6&nbsp;million in 2011;<ref>{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Potempa |url=http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/columnists/offbeat/offbeat-debbie-s-auction-nets-big-profit-she-s-resting/article_51d47ed5-faa6-516c-839b-7797a96082be.html |title=OFFBEAT: Debbie's auction nets big profit, she's resting more easily without debt worry |newspaper=[[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date=June 25, 2011 }}</ref> the final auction was held in May 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first=Andy |last=Lewis |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/debbie-reynolds-hurt-by-academy-702097 |title=Debbie Reynolds 'Hurt' by Academy for Refusing Her Memorabilia Collection |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 9, 2014 }}</ref>