[Bret L]

eBay Winner Of Marilyn Monroe's Crypt Cancels Bid


"Some like it hot, and some just get caught up in the heat of the moment: A Japan resident who bid more than $4.6 million in an eBay auction, for a crypt directly above that of screen legend Marilyn Monroe's, backed out on the purchase after winning the auction.

The seller, Elsie Poncher, told the LA Times she auctioned off the
coveted spot at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery to raise funds
to put toward the $1.6 million mortgage on her Beverly Hills home.

After winning the auction with a $4,602,100 offer, the bidder said in
an e-mail to Poncher's rep, Steve Miller: "I am awfully sorry, but I
need to cancel this because of the paying problem."

Miller told the paper he contacted the 11 other bidders who were
willing to bid at least $4.5 million for the crypt, giving them an
additional 24 hours to resubmit an offer.

Poncher said that her husband Richard, who died in 1986, originally
purchased the crypt from Monroe's ex-husband, Yankee great Joe
DiMaggio. Poncher said that when she dies, she will be cremated and
her husbands remains will be placed in a crypt that was reserved for
her.

Other notable celebrities who are buried at that cemetery include Dean
Martin, Rodney Dangerfield, Merv Griffin, Mel Torme, Truman Capote and
Farrah Fawcett."

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