Heritage Auctions: The Marilyn Monroe Collection from the Estate of Norman and Hedda Rosten Hollywood/Entertainment Signature® Auction, 7447, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 01, 2026 - June 01, 2026
Page Size: 61 items in 3 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89001 Norman Rosten; Alexander Dobkin

Norman Rosten. Songs for Patricia. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1951].

1951 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
89002

Photograph of Marilyn Monroe and Norman Rosten on Long Island (ca. 1955).

ca. 1955 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
89003

Pair of Kodak Color 35mm Kodachrome Duplicate Slides of Marilyn Monroe at the Beach.

ca. 1955 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
89004 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Partial Early Handwritten Love Letter to Arthur Miller Using His Codename, "George".

ca. 1955 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 28,750.00
89005 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Datebook Containing (16) Pages of Handwritten Notes on Acting.

ca. 1955 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 27,500.00
89006 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Group of (7) Handwritten Notes on Method Acting.

ca. 1955 USD 48,000.00 - 72,000.00 USD 37,500.00
89007 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Handwritten Note to Arthur Miller on Western Union Telegram Envelope.

ca. 1955 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 13,750.00
89008 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Handwritten Signed Postcard to Norman Rosten.

ca. 1955 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 8,750.00
89009 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Handwritten Letter Signed to the Rosten Family on Monroe's Blind Stamp Letterhead Stationery.

ca. 1955-1961 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 12,500.00
89010 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman Rosten Discussing A View from the Bridge and the House Un-American Activities Committee.

1955 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,250.00
89011 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Pair of Handwritten Poems on Arthur Miller Letterhead.

ca. 1955-1961 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 13,750.00
89012 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Pair of Handwritten Poems.

ca. 1955-1961 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,125.00
89013 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Whimsical Birthday Card to Norman Rosten Signed as Various Household Pets.

ca. 1955-1962 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
89014 Norman Rosten

Norman Rosten Handwritten Christmas Poem for Marilyn Monroe.

1955 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 Not Sold
89015 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Western Union Telegram to Norman Rosten.

1956 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
89016 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Handwritten Note Signed to Norman Rosten "Normalin" from "Marilyn the Barbarian".

ca. 1955-1961 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 12,500.00
89017 Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Exceptional Partial Handwritten Letter Regarding Her Past Trauma.

ca. 1955-1962 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 40,000.00
89020 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Regarding Updates on Marilyn's Health, His Divorce Proceedings, and His Distrust of Hollywood, and Recommends Hedda Rosten Visit Marilyn on Set.

1956 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 3,750.00
89021 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman Rosten Regarding Updates on Marilyn's Health and his Utter Disdain and Distrust of Hollywood for How She is Treated.

ca. April 11-19, 1956 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 3,750.00
89022 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman Rosten Regarding First Meeting Marilyn, Offering Updates on Her Health and Her New Doctor, and Ongoing Discussions with a Reporter Working on a Story About Her.

April 20, 1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
89023 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman Rosten Regarding Divorce Settlements, His Residence in the Nevada Desert, and Marilyn's Health.

April 25, 1956 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 3,750.00
89024 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman and Hedda Rosten Discussing Wedding Plans, Continued Worries About His Children's Approval, and Marilyn's Emotional State.

April 26, 1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
89025 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman Rosten Regarding His Financial Settlement with Mary Grace Slattery and his Plans to Marry Marilyn.

May 12, 1956 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 4,500.00
89026 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman and Hedda Rosten as He Grows Anxious for Marilyn's Return and Worries About His Children's Acceptance of Her as His Bride: "I'm Going Mad!"

May 16, 1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,250.00
89027 Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller Typed Letter Signed to Norman Rosten Following Monroe's Return from Los Angeles as the Couple Plans their Wedding.

May 22, 1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000