A page from Monroe’s New York Presbyterian Hospital bill, 6.25 x 8, dated February 27, 1961. Monroe’s name and personal information are typed at the top, with an itemized list of services rendered on February 23 and 24. Charges include local and long distance phone calls (11), television rental, nurse’s services, a “guest dinner,” and two beverages. Balance brought forward at the top is “$981.86,” with a running balance at the bottom through February 17 of $1466.00. In fine condition, with punch and staple holes to top edge and a check number in red ink near the bottom. Not long after her divorce from Arthur Miller, at the beginning of February 1961, Marilyn entered the Payne-Whitney Clinic in New York at the suggestion of her psychiatrist. Surprised at the security and restrictions of the hospital, she used one of her limited phone calls to Joe DiMaggio in Florida, who arranged Marilyn's discharge, and placed her in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. She remained there for three weeks, emerging healthier and in a better state of mind. RR Auction COA.
