Marilyn Monroe's Book of "Daily Prayers" Heads to Auction

Was Marilyn Monroe the praying type? The blonde bombshell converted to Judaism in 1956, hours before the July 1 wedding ceremony uniting her with playwright Arthur Miller (they had married in a courthouse two days prior). Under the direction of Rabbi Robert E. Goldburg, Monroe had been studying the faith for months in preparation for her conversion. This book, The Form of Daily Prayers, According to the custom of the German and Polish Jews (1922), was her "somewhat worn" personal copy that contains a "few notations in the text in pencil, apparently in her hand," according to Doyle, which will offer the book at auction on November 7. It last sold at Christie's in 1999 within the 'Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe' sale alongside other books from her library and retains a book label from that auction. It is expected to make $4,000-6,000 this time around.

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