Crypt above Marilyn fails to sell at auction

A second auction of the marble mausoleum crypt above Marilyn Monroe failed to attract any bids.

A previous $4.6m (€3.1m) bid for the space fell through in August when Elsie Poncher first attempted to sell off her late husband’s crypt.

The new eBay.com auction required a 1-5% refundable deposit to be able to bid.

Organiser Eric Gazin of AuctionCause.com said several people were pre-approved to bid on the crypt at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, in Los Angeles, but no-one did during the 10-day auction.

He says the family was now “weighing their options”.

Other celebrities laid to rest at the cemetery include Farrah Fawcett, Rodney Dangerfield, Dean Martin, Jack Lemmon and Eva Gabor.