Marilyn Monroe’s lost love letters to be auctioned

This photo provided by Julien's Auctions shows a nude-colored underwire brassiere with mesh-lined cups worn by actress Marilyn Monroe as part of her professional wardrobe. Marilyn Monroe's Lost Archives are coming to light now, along with a cache of other Monroe memorabilia that the Beverly Hills auction house Julien's is putting up for sale on Dec. 5-6, 2014. Along with the letters from DiMaggio, Miller and such Hollywood luminaries as Cary Grant and Jane Russell are some of the actress' favorite clothes, photographs, paintings and other keepsakes. (AP Photo/Julien's Auctions) This photo provided by Julien's Auctions shows a nude-colored underwire brassiere with mesh-lined cups worn by actress Marilyn Monroe as part of her professional wardrobe. Marilyn Monroe's Lost Archives are coming to light now, along with a cache of other Monroe memorabilia that the Beverly Hills auction house Julien's is putting up for sale on Dec. 5-6, 2014. Along with the letters from DiMaggio, Miller and such Hollywood luminaries as Cary Grant and Jane Russell are some of the actress' favorite clothes, photographs, paintings and other keepsakes. (AP Photo/Julien's Auctions)

By Associated Press November 11, 2014 1 min read

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – It’s no secret Joe DiMaggio loved Marilyn Monroe.

Next month the public will get a close-up look at just how much when the intensely private baseball star’s anguished letter begging her to return to him goes on the auction block.

The letter, written after the actress’ announcement that they would divorce, is one of some 300 Monroe items being sold by Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills on Dec. 5-6.

Others include letters from Monroe’s third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, and a letter Monroe herself wrote to Miller.

Julien’s says Monroe, who died in 1962, left the items to her acting coach, Lee Strasberg. He passed them on to a friend whose family is selling them.