Anna Nicole Smith's diaries fail to sell · 2007-04-17 16:20
Anna Nicole Smith’s two personal diaries failed to sell at an auction in Texas on Saturday.
The diaries were written in the early 1990s and initially wanted by at least two bidders before Smith's former partner, Howard K. Stern claimed they were stolen and should be returned to her estate.
“These items were stolen from Ms. Smith by one or more thieves,” attorney, L. Lin Wood, wrote in a letter to Doug Norwine, the director of music and entertainment memorabilia at Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas on Wednesday, TMZ.com reported.
“On behalf of the estate, Mr. Stern hereby requests that the diaries be returned to him immediately,” the letter added.
Playfuls web site said that the auction house offer the journals for a minimum bid of $25,000 each.
“We have a buy-it-now situation,” said Norwine but added the bidders just "got cold feet" following Stern's public claim.
The auction house reportedly got the journals among other items from an anonymous German businessman who purchased the items on eBay for more than $500,000 several weeks ago. The German businessman decided to auction the diaries after securing the publishing rights, Norwine said.
“In the absence of a judge stopping this auction, this auction will go forward,” Norwine was quoted by CBS as saying.
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