Letter from John Steinbeck to Marilyn Monroe

[George K]

"He is already your slave. This will make him mine."

Fantastic.

I wonder if there's a followup.

[Catseye3]

" . . . his respect for me has gone up even for lying about it."

A wonderful treat this morning, Jon. Thanks.

[George K]

Snopes:

"Although we can't say whether Steinbeck's young relative ever received the asked-for photograph, we can verify that the letter is genuine. It was part of Monroe's personal archive, which she left with the bulk of her estate to her acting coach, Lee Strasberg upon her death in 1962. Strasberg's second wife, Anna, subsequently inherited the letter and auctioned it off in 2016 for a winning bid of $3,520."

[jon-nyc]

&3500? Hell I would have outbid that.

Imagine how cool it would be having that hung up on your wall. What a conversation piece.

[Mik]

Beats paintings hands down.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Letter from John Steinbeck to Marilyn Monroe:

3500? Hell I would have outbid that.

Absolutely.

[jon-nyc]

Makes me think the auction house did a horrible job.

Or there are so many thousands of celebrity letters out there since that was the letter era, that prices are just low.

But still, you’d think there would be Marilyn fans or Steinbeck fans for whom this would be special.

[Horace]

What a treat. Thanks for posting that Jon.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Letter from John Steinbeck to Marilyn Monroe:

Or there are so many thousands of celebrity letters out there since that was the letter era, that prices are just low.

If I was taking a guess, that would be mine.

[Copper]

Snopes says the letter, found in Ms. Monroe's possession after her death, is real.

Nobody seems to know if there was a reply.

[taiwan_girl]

That is very cool!!!

[Aqua Letifer]

Steinbeck being Steinbeck. That was excellent.