Bank check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Monroe, payable to Martindale’s Books for $9.32, January 23, 1953. Monroe has crossed out the bank branch added “Sunset and Laurel Branch,” along the top, and “Beverly Hills Hotel,” under her signature. In very good to fine condition, with bank stamps to body, some lightly affecting first name of signature, show-through from stamps on reverse, a few areas of mild toning, small pencil notation to top left, and a vertical fold to left side. Marilyn first moved in to a third-floor room at this hotel in late 1952, after a brief lease had run out on a Hollywood Hills house; it was here that she prepared for her role in the upcoming film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes alongside Jane Russell. The Beverly Hills Hotel continued to serve as her west coast home while she was away in New York, including the years spent filming Some Like It Hot and Let’s Make Love. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
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