Typed Document Signed ("Marilyn Monroe"), 4 pp, legal folio, Los Angeles, January 9, 1962, being an offer to purchase the house at 5th Helena Drive in Brentwood, housed in blue legal folder affixed with two staples at upper margin. In 1961 Monroe set out to buy her first home, searching in the Brentwood area so as to be near her therapist. She settled on a small Spanish colonial at 12305 5th Helena Drive, which would be the first, and only, home she owned. This document is an early, if not the first offer submitted by Monroe and her real estate agent, offering $52,500 and insisting on certain provisos regarding financing, pest control, and title which the seller's agent rejects in the margin (writing "no" over and over). 14 x 8in Provenance: Estate of Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming
Typed Document Signed ("Marilyn Monroe"), 4 pp, legal folio, Los Angeles, January 9, 1962, being an offer to purchase the house at 5th Helena Drive in Brentwood, housed in blue legal folder affixed with two staples at upper margin. In 1961 Monroe set out to buy her first home, searching in the Brentwood area so as to be near her therapist. She settled on a small Spanish colonial at 12305 5th Helena Drive, which would be the first, and only, home she owned. This document is an early, if not the first offer submitted by Monroe and her real estate agent, offering $52,500 and insisting on certain provisos regarding financing, pest control, and title which the seller's agent rejects in the margin (writing "no" over and over). 14 x 8in Provenance: Estate of Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming
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