James Dean letters to girlfriend go up for auction at Christie’s

PRIVATE letters from movie heart-throb James Dean to his then girlfriend, in which he criticises his latest Broadway show and speaks of being homesick as he films a box office hit, are to be sold at auction.

The handwritten notes to Barbara Glenn, whom he dated for two years, come from her family archive and have never been sold before.

Dean died in a car accident in 1955 as he was poised for major stardom, but continues to be a posterboy for Hollywood glamour.

The three letters are to be sold separately, but are estimated to fetch a total of €18,600 when they are sold at Christie’s in South Kensington, London, on November 23.