Bank check, 5.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Marilyn Monroe, payable to psychoanalyst Dr. Abraham Gottesman for $275, October 7, 1953. Below her signature, Monroe adds her phone number, "CR60987," and address, "882 N. Doheny Drive." In fine condition. Encapsulated in a PSA/DNA authentication holder.
Monroe first moved into the Doheny Drive apartment building, which had been constructed just one year prior, in 1953, and lived there for about a year before marrying baseball legend Joe DiMaggio on January 14, 1954. The actress, who was already wildly popular at the time thanks to starring roles in both Niagara and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, lived in Unit #3 of the building, a one-bedroom, one-bathroom dwelling that measured a scant 648 square feet. In spite of its size, Monroe must have enjoyed the apartment, because in April 1961, after her divorce from playwright Arthur Miller was finalized, the actress left New York and once again leased the very same unit in the very same building. She stayed there until March of 1962, at which point she moved into the Brentwood-area home she had purchased a few months prior, the same home in which she would sadly pass away on the night of August 4, 1962.
