NAMES IN THE NEWS : Marilyn Monroe Letter Nets $7,150
A handwritten letter by Marilyn Monroe was sold for $7,150, setting a record for an auction price for a letter by a movie star, according to a specialist in autograph auctions.
The auction Thursday night broke the old record of $6,600 paid in September, 1987, for a handwritten letter by actress Greta Garbo, said Herman Darvick, who stages autograph auctions six times a year.
The record does not include one movie actor--the one who became President. A handwritten letter by Ronald Reagan praising Frank Sinatra once sold for $12,500, but his White House connection made a large difference, Darvick said.
The Monroe letter, in an envelope postmarked Jan. 17, 1945, is actually signed Norma Jeane, Monroe’s given name. She was 18 when she wrote it.
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