--- description: Love letters and other memorabilia belonging to Marilyn Monroe will go up for auction next month at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills. title: Marilyn Monroe's Love Letter Up for Auction image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bba76716c91f907/6987684dcd1bbaff136f3778/marilyn-monroes-lost_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pop Culture](/tag/pop-culture/) ## Pop Culture Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lost Love Letters Belonging to Marilyn Monroe to be Sold at Auction by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2014 6:12 AM CUT  In this June 2, 1955 file photo, actress Marilyn Monroe, right, dressed in a glamorous evening gown, arrives with Joe DiMaggio at the theater. In this June 2, 1955 file photo, actress Marilyn Monroe, right, dressed in a glamorous evening gown, arrives with Joe DiMaggio at the theater.Associated Press by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2014 6:12 AM CUT **Correction appended Nov. 12, 1:19 p.m. ET** A collection of love letters and other memorabilia belonging to Marilyn Monroe will go up for [auction](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eb38c9c4570d425db99227f6c9b99ec1/marilyn-monroes-lost-love-letters-be-auctioned "undefined") next month at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif. Monroe’s “Lost Archives” is a collection of 300 items including letters from her second husband, baseball star Joe Dimaggio, that were sent just before their divorce, the Associated Press reports. “I love you and want to be with you,” Dimaggio wrote in one letter. “There is nothing I would like better than to restore your confidence in me.” Also found in the trove are correspondences from her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, and from friends including Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Jane Russell, along with various paintings, photographs and clothes. The curators are expecting a huge turnout for the auction, which will run Dec. 5-6. “We anticipate a lot of fans will be here. They’ll fly in from all over the world,” said auction owner Darren Julien, who estimates some pieces could go for more than $1 million. The collection will be put on display for the public four days before bidding begins. _This article originally misstated the profession of Joe Dimaggio. He was a baseball player._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3580046/lost-love-letters-marilyn-monroe-auction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3580046/lost-love-letters-marilyn-monroe-auction/"},"headline":"Lost Love Letters Belonging to Marilyn Monroe to be Sold at Auction","datePublished":"2014-11-12T06:12:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:22:41.994Z","description":"Monroe’s “Lost Archives” is a collection of 300 items including letters, photographs, paintings and clothes","url":"https://time.com/3580046/lost-love-letters-marilyn-monroe-auction/","keywords":["Pop Culture","Auction","marilyn monroe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bba76716c91f907/6987684dcd1bbaff136f3778/marilyn-monroes-lost_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bba76716c91f907/6987684dcd1bbaff136f3778/marilyn-monroes-lost_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Joe DiMaggio Marilyn Monroe","caption":"Joe DiMaggio Marilyn Monroe","creditText":"Associated Press","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pop-culture/","name":"Pop Culture"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3580046/lost-love-letters-marilyn-monroe-auction/","name":"Lost Love Letters Belonging to Marilyn Monroe to be Sold at Auction"}}]}] ```