More than six decades after Marilyn Monroe's death, public interest in the life of the Hollywood diva continues unabated. A new auction will provide an unprecedented insight into her private life.
The sale will feature numerous personal items, from clothing and jewelry to letters, handwritten notes, drawings and poetry, revealing a much more intimate side of the woman who was a symbol of glamour for decades.
Heritage Auctions is organizing a public auction of items from the estate of poet Norman Rosten and his wife Hedda Rosten, close friends and confidants of the famous actress.
The auction will be held on June 1, the year marking the centennial of Monroe's birth, and includes items from the period 1955 to 1962.
Special attention was drawn to documents that had not been publicly available until now, which speak of her emotional relationships, fear after a lost pregnancy, but also thoughts about death and loneliness. The auction organizers emphasize that these are not items that have been circulating among collectors for years, but completely new material that sheds a different light on her life.
Among the items is correspondence with her ex-husband, playwright Arthur Miller, as well as a previously unpublished letter from her psychiatrist written shortly before the actress's death.
One of the most poignant details comes from the filming of "Some Like It Hot," when, according to organizers, Monroe wrote in short notes describing a sense of mental breakdown and seeking help as her internal struggles threatened to halt production on the film. In one of the notes, she wrote, "I feel like I'm drowning," along with a drawing of a figure submerged in water, further attesting to the mental health issues she faced throughout her career.
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