Anna Nicole Smith's diary is shown in Dallas on April 5, 2007. The purple and green Hallmark hardbound book includes a handwritten message on the inside cover: "This diary belongs to Vickie Smith. Do Not Read!" Two journals penned by the starlet in the early 1990s are among several pieces of Smith memorabilia going up for public auction in a few weeks.
Doug Norwine, director of music and entertainment auctions at Heritage Galleries of Dallas, points out an entry in Anna Nicole Smith's diary on April 5, 2007. On June 13, 1992, she wrote that she was hung over and stayed home to watch a movie, adding that she "Took a Zandrex!" Two of the starlet's journals are among several pieces of Smith memorabilia going up for public auction in a few weeks.
In an entry dated Aug. 16, 1992, Anna Nicole Smith wrote "I've been really stressed out lately and depressed and I can't quit eating. I feel like a pig." Smith revealed a disdain for eating and sex, and growing frustration with J. Howard Marshall II, who was 63 years older than Smith when they married in 1994. The entry also refers to Guess CEO Paul Marciano and ends with a large, underlined "Chow!"
A close-up of an entry in Anna Nicole Smith's diary is shown in Dallas on April 5, 2007. Two handwritten diaries penned in the early 1990s reveal a troubled young woman who was deeply in love with oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall but often depressed and concerned about her eating habits. Opening bids will start a $20,000. The auction company expects both books to fetch as much as $100,000.
An entry in Anna Nicole Smith's second diary, a smaller spiral-bound paperback Guess Kids calendar from 1994. The entries are not dated, but describe Smith's relationship with Marshall, who was ill and died in 1995.
Anna Nicole Smith's Texas ID card is shown in Dallas on April 5, 2007. The starlet's two journals and ID are part of a larger music and entertainment auction being held on April 14 and 15. It will also feature Walt Disney's 1965 U.S. passport, a guitar played by Elvis Presley in the 1962 film "Follow That Dream" and a well-worn 1953 Martin guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain.
Doug Norwine, director of music and entertainment auctions at Heritage Galleries of Dallas, presents items up for auction, April 5, 2007. Two journals belonging to Anna Nicole Smith are among several pieces of memorabilia going up for public auction in a few weeks.