. >> this lovely lady, marilyn monroe. >> reporter: but for one breathless moment, it looked like marilyn monroe had shown up to the party naked. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> reporter: that dress caused a stir then, and again nearly 63 years later when it sold at auction for $4.8 million. a world record. it was put up by the same auction house that also sold michael jackson's sequinned glove, olivia newton-john's greaser jacket. >> tell me about it, stud. >> reporter: even this box containing truman capote's ashes. >> items that we've sold five years ago, ten years ago, 15 years ago that comes back to the auction sells more multiple times of what we sold it for way back then. >> reporter: martin nolan and darren julien -- >> this is mariah carey's. >> no. >> the heart and fan boy souls of julien auctions. >> you can own a boot owned by ringo starr. >> reporter: which is making quite a name for itself of late. >> i'll take one of the guitars. >> reporter: the two of them couldn't be more different. >> that's cool. >> really cool. >> reporter: martin is from rural ireland. darren is from ru

. >> these are marilyn monroe's jeans. >> reporter: before tonight's academy awards 'look at the statingf the silver screen later on "sunday morning." >>> johnny carson hosted the academy awards five times. but he was best known for "the tonight show," which made him one of the most famous and influential people in america. jim axlerod examines the seismic impact carson had on pop culture. >> heerrrreeeee's johnny! >> reporter: for 30 years johnny carson ruled late night in america. >> what was going on? >> well -- [ laughter ] you will never know. >> reporter: smooth as silk on camera, could be quite another story off. did you ever see any of the cold aloof carson? >> yeah. >> reporter: 20 years after his death, why johnny carson still matters. that's coming up on "sunday morning." >>> together geoffrey rush and john lithgow have six oscar nods with rush winning the oscar for best actor it in 1997. now they are teaming up in a new film and talking about it with tracy smith. ♪ >> reporter: they have each made movie history. geoffrey rush in "shine." >> no! i can never let up. >> reporter