A letter of apology from the iconic Marilyn Monroe to her then-husband, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, was sold this Wednesday at an auction in New York for more than $ 400,000, quadrupling the maximum price experts had estimated.
The intimate letter, written in one hand on the back of a dry cleaning receipt, was so meaningful to the athlete that he kept the note in his wallet and carried it with him, something that is visible to the frail. state of the small piece of paper, which was in fact divided into four sections.
‘Dear Joe, I know I wasn’t right! I acted that way and said those things because I was hurt – not because I really felt it – and it was stupid of me to be hurt because there really wasn’t enough reason for it – in fact, none ‘, reads the letter from the actress.
‘Please accept my apology and please, no, no, no, don’t be angry with your girl, who loves you so much. With much love, your wife (for life), Mrs JP DiMaggio ‘, gave the intention to the short text, which was found inside DiMaggio’s wallet along with family photos and banknotes of a foreign currency.
Although experts at Christie’s, the company that auctioned the item, estimated the piece to be worth $ 50,000 to $ 100,000, the letter ended up selling to the highest bidder for $ 425,000 in an auction titled ‘A Col Private collection of baseball memorabilia ‘, which had 152 lots.
According to Christie’s, the letter ‘corroborates the loving but difficult relationship’ of Monroe and DiMaggio, who were married for nine months in 1954, and is further proof that with his marriage he did not try to seek the attention of the press.
“It has long been rumored in the media at the time that the relationship was for advertising purposes, which has been shown to be untrue by several documents at the time, including the letter being offered,” the auction house said. . .