BEIJING,
April 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Two Anna Nicole Smith diaries from the early 1990s
to be offered at a public auction in several weeks reveal the thoughts of a
young woman often overwrought by weight gains who professes to be deeply in
love with octogenarian oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall
II. Smith's diaries, made available exclusively to
The Associated Press on Thursday, are among several pieces of her memorabilia
going up for public auction in a few weeks by Heritage Auction Galleries of
Dallas.
"I've been really stressed out lately and depressed
and I can't quit eating. I feel like a pig," the former Playboy Playmate wrote
in an entry dated Aug. 16, 1992.
One diary is a purple and green Hallmark hardbound
book that includes a handwritten message on the inside cover: "This diary
belongs to Vickie Smith. Do Not Read!"
Smith, whose real name is Vickie Lynn Smith, noted
the beginning of her relationship with Paul Marciano, CEO of Guess Inc., where
she eventually replaced Claudia Schiffer in the company's jeans advertisements.
"O my Gosh!! Paul Marsiano called today to see if I
got his books also I'm gonna go to San Antonio to do photo shoot," she wrote on
June 23, 1992. "I'm so excited!! I can't believe this. This could be it." The
entry ends with five hand-drawn smiley faces.
Two days later she details a trip to a Nieman Marcus
store where she bought 3,000 U.S. dollars worth of clothing.
"I'm so happy they look great," she wrote. "I hope it
empresses Paul Marsiano. ... I'm starving!! I've been starving myself."
By August, Smith revealed a disdain for eating and
sex, and growing frustration with Marshall, who was 63 years older than Smith.
The two married in 1994.
"I've been really stressed out lately and depressed
and I can't quit eating. I feel like a pig. Howard has been buying me som
jewelry but he call me 15 or 20 times a day it drives me crazy. I love him but
he aggravates me somtimes," she wrote. "I don't no what to do about Paul hes
strange guy. I hate for men to want sex all the time."
The entry ends with a large underlined "Chow!"
On June 13, 1992, she wrote she was hung over
and stayed home to watch a movie, adding that she "Took a Zandrex!"
Her second diary is a much smaller spiral-bound
paperback Guess Kids calendar from 1994. The individual entries are not dated
but describe her relationship with Marshall, who was ill and died in 1995.
"Hes so very weak and fragile When I touch him Im
afraid he might break," she wrote. "If Jesus desides to take him I dont no what
I'll do. I love him so much it hurts me to site and watch him when hes hurting I
just want to hold him touch him let him no how much I care."
The auction house obtained the journals from an
anonymous German businessman who purchased them and other items on eBay for more
than 500,000 dollars several weeks ago.
Doug Norwine, director of music and entertainment
memorabilia at Heritage, said the man decided to auction the diaries after
securing the publishing rights. Opening bids will start a 20,000 dollars,
Norwine said, and he expects the diaries to bring as much as 100,000 dollars.
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Two diaries discarded by
Anna Nicole Smith that were purchased cheaply by a Los Angeles memorabilia shop
owner then sold to a group of investors brought more than 500,000 U.S. dollars
in an eBay auction Thursday, plus a 20 percent buyer's premium.
An unnamed German businessman bought the two diaries, an
auction house official said. The late Playboy model's handwritten 1992 diary was
sold for 282,500 dollars and her 1994 diary went for 230,000 dollars. Full
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