Crypt Above Monroe’s Set To Sell For $4 Million

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Nicolas Cage is auctioning off his Los Angeles mansion, which once belonged to celebs like Tom Jones and Dean Martin. The sources had said that Cage had sold the 'Pink Palace' to designer Christian Audigier's for just over 9.3 million pounds, however, now reports suggest the Con Air star has decided to sell his home as part of a sealed bid sale, reports the Daily Express.

September 13th, 2009 Designer CHRISTIAN AUDIGIER's plans to buy NICOLAS CAGE's Bel Air mansion in Los Angeles have reportedly fallen through - the actor is auctioning off the home which once belonged to TOM JONES and DEAN MARTIN. Sources suggested Cage had sold the 'Pink Palace' to the man behind the Ed Hardy clothing line for just over $14 million (£9.3 million), but now reports suggest the Con Air star has decided to sell his home as part of a sealed bid sale.

August 28th, 2009 LENNY KRAVITZ has added $3 million (£2 million) to the asking price of his New York penthouse - after giving the property a plush makeover. The rocker has repeatedly dropped the value of his Manhattan apartment to attract a buyer but has failed to sell the home.

August 27th, 2009 Bid for crypt above Marilyn Monroe falls throughLOS ANGELES — The $4.6 million bid for the crypt above Marilyn Monroe has fallen through. Attorney David Camel says the bidder declined.

August 26th, 2009 The online sale of the crypt above movie icon MARILYN MONROE's final resting place has fallen through after the bidder failed to come up with the cash. Elsie Poncher put the crypt where her husband Richard has been buried since 1986 up for auction on eBay.com earlier this month (Aug09) for $500,000 (£333,300) - and the price quickly spiralled into the millions as Monroe fans desperately tried to buy the plot.

August 25th, 2009 Crypt above Marilyn Monroe sells for $4.6 millionLOS ANGELES — The price for spending eternity above Marilyn Monroe is more than $4.6 million. That's how much the crypt directly above the actress went for in an online auction that ended Monday.

August 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The legendary draw of one of America's biggest and most tragic celebrities, the late Marilyn Monroe, has grown larger. Bidding reached $4.5 million on eBay Tuesday for a crypt above the final resting place of the sex idol at the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

July 18th, 2009 Struggling San Francisco TV station fails to sellSAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco television station KRON-TV, valued last year at less than 20 percent of its 1999 purchase price, failed to sell at auction this week. KRON-TV's owner, New York-based Young Broadcasting Co.

July 11th, 2009 LONDON - Pop legend Michael Jackson has been temporarily laid to rest in a crypt owned by Motown record label founder Berry Gordy until the singer's family agrees on a final burial place, according to a report. The King of Pop's casket has been housed in a top secret location since his memorial in Los Angeles Tuesday, when it was displayed for all to see at the Staples Center, reported IANS-WENN.

July 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - If reports are to be believed, late King of Pop Michael Jackson's kin have stored his body in Motown maestro Berry Gordy's crypt in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, until they sort out what to do with the superstar's remains. Sources have revealed that Jackson's brother Jermaine and father Joseph are insistent the Gloved One be buried at Neverland Ranch so that the family can profit from a proposed Graceland-style museum there, a process that may take years.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Sienna Miller has become the latest victim of the slump in the property market. She had to drop 300,000 pounds off the asking price of her home here after it failed to sell for five months.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - Pop diva Britney Spears has been been forced to slash the price of her Los Angeles home after it failed to sell courtesy the economic slowdown. The Toxic hitmaker purchased the Beverly Hills residence for $7.9 million in 2007 but put the mansion up for sale last September, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

June 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Britney Spears has been forced to drop the price of her Los Angeles home after it failed to sell. The 'Toxic' hitmaker bought the Beverly Hills residence for 7.1 million dollars in 2007 but was put on sale last September (08), reports Contactmusic.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - Rock and roll legend Elvis Presley's old pill bottles are going into a Las Vegas auction, as part of a rare showbiz memorabilia. The bottles will be bid alongside a store card belonging to Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroes mirror as well as more than 150 other items from Monroe' final home in Brentwood, California including furniture, clothing, and rare photographs, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

May 8th, 2009 Picasso, Giacometti works fetch $7.7M each in NYCNEW YORK — Pieces by Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti sold Wednesday for more than $7 million each at an auction of impressionist and modern art, showing that collectors still are willing to spend despite the global recession, the Christie's auction house said. The 1971 Picasso painting "Woman with Hat" was consigned by film director Julian Schnabel to help finance a real estate project.