Madonna's Love Letters & Erotic Tapes Up For Auction

NEW YORK — Madonna's love letters and erotic answering machine messages to an ex-boyfriend are up for sale in New York City.

The Material Girl's material is among nearly 500 personal celebrity items including Jimi Hendrix's $1 performance contract and Muhammad Ali's training robe being offered in an online auction ending Aug. 5.

The Gotta Have It! auction house says the 1965 contract between Hendrix and PPX Enterprises is believed to be his first.

Ali trained in the terry cloth robe for his third fight against Ken Norton in 1976 at Yankee Stadium. Ali won.

Madonna faxed love letters to her then-boyfriend Jim Albright and left naughty messages on his answering machine in the early 1990s. The messages are on two micro-cassette tapes estimated to sell for up to $40,000.

The items belong to 150 consigners including collectors.

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Comments

[andrea7565]

Isn't subtlety implicit in erotica? Anais Nin she ain't.

[PuzzledinPeoria]

Her arms are not good.

[drewziGNY]

Didn't Madonna torture us enough with the "Sex" book, "A Certain Sacrifice", "Body of Evidence", and her last album?

[CowgirlAmy]

No, but you are certainly torturing us with that sentence.

[1sparrow]

i maybe lost my mind

[1sparrow]

i would never say old news... i ran to the store on the corner to buy penthouse circa 1982? to see finally all the hype of superstar madonna nude. egad!, she did gymnastics in black and white , and she was flat and atheletic! later she copied blondie. i was done with her. now she attracts brad pitt and mucho kids.... maybe warhol was right.

[CowgirlAmy]

Rambling nonsense. You must be part of the public school system.

[lmab]

Is there anything concerning her sexuality she hasn't sold or given away?

[sshaler]

That anyone would sell or buy something like someone's personal correspondence and phone messages says it all about the sad state of human evolution.

[Bystander]

Hopefully, they've been disinfected.

[CowgirlAmy]

So says your keyboard......

[Bystander]

No...my teleprompter.

[quivira]

Yuk.

[toocoldout]

Is Madonna getting the money? Does she approve of this or someone else making money at the expense of her reputation?

[angry expat]

Gee, I thought I had issues with my exes...

[Holypat777]

Message 1: "Hi, it's Madonna. I'm lonely. I need you . . . Oh, wait a minute. My diner is burning. Look I'll call you back, bye."

Message 2: "Uh, look if I call 911 they won't put me on hold will they? Call me back, bye!"

Message 3: "Uh, when they say fight fire with fire, does that work? Are you there? #%#$$%%%!"

[Joye]

Who would want to sell something like those tapes and worse, who would want to BUY them OR even listen to them??

[liarsclub75]

People are so broke these days they will sell anything.

[1dogs2]

How nice for her children.

[Trueheart]

My first thought as well.
It does pose the question of whether a woman can be a superstar sex symbol who has consciously been promiscuous, can also play the role of good mother. Maybe she can. but the odds are against it. One would hope that her children have someone in their lives who represents stability.

[NoSillyName]

I don't like Madge, but sure, people may behave a certain way when they are young and then change their behavior as they age. This is nothing new or revolutionary; they should, however, refrain from leaving tangible evidence of things they may regret later.

Its the same with politicians. Who would want to run for office and have dozens of ex-one-night-stands start popping up?

[redsongia]

I think both Madonna and her children have figured out that women can be sexual, yet good people and loving, reliable mothers.

[CowgirlAmy]

Trueheart gimma a break. "Consciously promiscuous"? That describes about 99% of any Hollywood stars and about a good 60% of people in general. So, anyone who has ever been wild and crazy in their young years is now suspect as a parent in your eyes? Or does this standard just pertain to Madonna because you don't like her????? You guys bend like pretzels in order to bash Madonna to the point of absurdity.