Beverly Hills, Calif. • Joe DiMaggio's love letter to Marilyn Monroe has sold for $78,125 at a Beverly Hills auction.
Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills says the letter, written by the baseball great after Monroe announced she was divorcing him, was sold Saturday to an undisclosed buyer.
The letter during their brief, volatile marriage was among 300 items, dubbed "Marilyn Monroe's Lost Archives," that went on the block.
A handwritten letter from Monroe to her third and final husband, playwright Arthur Miller, sold for $43,750.
Monroe, who died of a drug overdose at age 36 in 1962, willed the collection of letters to her mentor, the legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg.
FILE - In this June 29, 1956 file photo, actress Marilyn Monroe, left, and playwright Arthur Miller embrace on the lawn of Miller's home in Roxbury, Conn., several hours before they were married in White Plains, New York. A handwritten letter from Monroe to her third and final husband, playwright Arthur Miller, sold for $43,750 at auction Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo, File)
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