{"id":515449,"date":"2022-11-23T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/marilyn-monroe-auction-includes-letter-from-mystery-dad\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:08:08","slug":"marilyn-monroe-auction-includes-letter-from-mystery-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/marilyn-monroe-auction-includes-letter-from-mystery-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"#Marilyn Monroe auction includes letter from mystery dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a292044ef692\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a292044ef692\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/marilyn-monroe-auction-includes-letter-from-mystery-dad\/#%E2%80%9CMarilyn_Monroe_auction_includes_letter_from_mystery_dad%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Marilyn Monroe auction includes letter from mystery dad&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMarilyn_Monroe_auction_includes_letter_from_mystery_dad%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Marilyn Monroe auction includes letter from mystery dad&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Even 60 years after her death, the history of Marilyn Monroe has yet to be fully revealed.<\/p>\n<p>More than 175 of the late screen icon\u2019s items are going up for auction, including a letter written by her estranged father, Charles Stanley Gifford.<\/p>\n<p>The objects will be presented at the Julien\u2019s Auctions and TCM Presents: Icons &amp; Idols Hollywood event, taking place both in-person and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.julienslive.com\">online<\/a> from Dec. 17 to Dec. 18.<\/p>\n<p>The undated greeting card, addressed to Monroe in Gifford\u2019s handwriting, is expected to sell for between $2,000 and $3,000. <\/p>\n<p>The lot has been called \u201cthe only known material artifact that establishes any connection or communication between Gifford and his famous daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis cheery little get-well note comes specially to say that lots of thoughts and wishes, too, are with you every day,\u201d the note read, along with the words \u201ca little prayer too.\u201d It was signed \u201cStanley Gifford, Red Rock Dairy Farm, Hemet, Calif.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Notably, he misspelled his daughter\u2019s stage name as \u201cMarylyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-stanley-gifford-card.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Julien's Auctions\" class=\"wp-image-24761921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-stanley-gifford-card.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-stanley-gifford-card.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-stanley-gifford-card.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An undated greeting card written by Monroe\u2019s father has surfaced. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Julien&#8217;s Auctions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a press release, the \u201cSome Like It Hot\u201d star Monroe \u2014 born Norma Jeane Mortenson, after the man to whom her mother was legally wed at the time of her birth \u2014 unsuccessfully tried to contact her father by phone several times over the course of her short life.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The blond bombshell later visited the town of Hemet, California, in an attempt to locate him. It was believed that Monroe\u2019s father didn\u2019t want to upset his wife and children by allowing the actress to be part of his life.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was discovered by Marilyn Monroe historian and collector\u00a0Scott Fortner, who found it \u201cpurely by chance\u201d while he was prepping Monroe\u2019s personal archives for Julien\u2019s Auctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the only known documented evidence of a relationship between Monroe and Gifford, which solves the mystery of whether or not she knew or had contact with her biological father,\u201d Fortner told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/marilyn-monroe-personal-belongings-to-be-auctioned-card-from-dad-stanley-gifford-exclusive\/\">People<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n<p>Among the \u201cHow To Marry a Millionaire\u201d star\u2019s personal effects to be sold include her lipstick tubes, fake eyelashes and other beauty products.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-red-lipstick.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"Julien's Auctions\" class=\"wp-image-24761919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-red-lipstick.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-red-lipstick.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-red-lipstick.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-red-lipstick.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-red-lipstick.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>Many of Monroe\u2019s beauty products will be up for auction next month.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Julien&#8217;s Auctions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-fake-eyelashes.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"Julien's Auctions\" class=\"wp-image-24761918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-fake-eyelashes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-fake-eyelashes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-fake-eyelashes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-fake-eyelashes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-auction-fake-eyelashes.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>The screen icon\u2019s false eyelashes will be selling for $800 to $1,200 each.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Julien&#8217;s Auctions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wardrobe pieces worn by Monroe will also be auctioned off, such as her a Mae West-inspired black \u201ccellophane effect\u201d evening gown, worn during the 1955 filming of\u00a0\u201cThe Seven Year Itch.\u201d\u00a0It\u2019s estimated to rake in between $20,000 and $40,000.<\/p>\n<p>Her 1955 brown-leather Gucci address book, bearing a custom \u201cM.M.\u201d stamp on the front cover, is also being presented at a staggering estimate of between $50,000 and $70,000. Famous contacts in her catalog included Marlon Brando, acting coach Lee Strasberg and New York City stage director Harold Clurman.<\/p>\n<p>Monroe\u2019s personal checkbook, its dates spanning July 14 to Sept. 25, 1961, is estimated to go for between $6,000 and $8,000.<\/p>\n<p>And her final Screen Actors Guild membership card, its date range from May 1 to Sep. 1, 1962, will likely be sold off for between $5,000 and $7,000.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-1953.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"American actress, singer, model and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. (Photo by Frank Povolny\/Twentieth Century Fox\/Sunset Boulevard\/Corbis via Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-24761917\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-1953.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-1953.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-1953.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-1953.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/marilyn-monroe-1953.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>More than 175 of the actress\u2019 personal effects are up for grabs at a upcoming Julien\u2019s Auctions sale.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A handwritten dedication by Arthur Miller, Monroe\u2019s third and final husband before her 1962 death, written on a single piece of paper torn from a spiral bound notebook, is estimated to sell for up to $30,000.<\/p>\n<p>The record reads: \u201cThis book is being written out of the courage, the widened view of life, the awareness of love and beauty, given to me by my love, my wife-to-be, my Marilyn. I bless her for this gift, and I write it so that she may have from me the only unique thing I know how to make. I bless her, I owe her the discovery of my soul.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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