Dean letters under hammer
Private letters from movie heart-throb James Dean criticising his latest Broadway show and talking of being homesick as he films a box office hit are to be sold at auction.
The hand-written notes to his friend Barbara Glenn come from her family archive and have never been sold before.
Dean died in a car accident in 1955 as he was poised for major stardom, but he continues to be a Hollywood icon. The three letters are to be sold separately but are estimated to fetch a total of £16,000 when they are sold at Christie’s in South Kensington, London, on November 23.
The lot includes photographs including one above of the star with friends and Miss Glenn (third from right),