Anna Nicoles Diaries Sell for $500,000
Published March 24th, 2007
Anna Nicole Smith’s private thoughts written in two diaries have been sold for more than $500,000 to a German businessman who planned to sell the information to media outlets, an auction house official said.
The late Playboy model’s handwritten 1992 diary was sold for $282,500 and her 1994 diary went for $230,000 in an eBay auction Thursday, plus a 20 percent buyer’s premium.
The buyer wished to remain anonymous, but planned to sell the information to various media outlets, then resell the diaries by the end of the year, said Thomas Riccio, a partner in Universal Rarities, the Corona, Calif.-based auction house that handled the sale.
The “soap opera value” of the diaries could be worth more than $1 million alone, including the rights to publish photos of the pages, Riccio said.
Smith was found dead on Feb. 8 in Hollywood, Fla. The cause of her death is under investigation.
