Price of fame: The unseen letters that reveal the real Marilyn Monroe
A tube of used Revlon lipstick in ‘Bachelor’s Carnation’ dated 1947; two Mercury dimes, to call a cab, or a friend; eight Philip Morris cigarettes; a mirror, comb, face powder.
They all sat in the gold, jewelled ‘minaudiere’ evening case, its velvet accompanying pouch with a secret compartment for cash and a house key, to be worn around the wrist. Norma Jean Baker’s wrist.
