Crypt above Marilyn Monroe for sale again

Crypt above Marilyn Monroe for sale againLos Angeles - The crypt above the final resting place of screen legend Marilyn Monroe is up for auction again, two months after a previous bid of 4.6 million dollars fell through.

Bidding for the mausoleum crypt will start at 500,000 dollars on online auction site eBay. com. But anyone hoping to nab the burial site will have to come up with a 5-per-cent refundable deposit of their bid for their offer to be accepted.

The crypt in Westwood Village Memorial Park had been owned by Monroe's ex-husband Joe DiMaggio. He later sold it to entrepreneur Richard Poncher, who was buried in the tomb 23 years ago at the age of 81. His widow, Elise Poncher, moved his body and put the tomb up for sale so she could pay off the 1.6-million-dollar mortgage on her Beverly Hills house.

After the original deal fell through, a representative for Poncher contacted 11 other bidders who had offered over 4.5 million dollars, but none of them were interested in actually paying that much.

The new auction will begin on October 19 and will end on October 29. (dpa)