Two diaries written by tragic model ANNA NICOLE SMITH failed to sell at the Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries on Saturday.

An unnamed German businessman purchased the diaries and other mementos during an eBay internet auction several weeks ago for $500,000 and decided to re-sell them at the auction house in the hope of making a profit. After the books failed to attract any bids, they were put up for sale for a minimum bid of $25,000.

Smith’s partner Howard K. Stern’s lawyer wrote a letter to the auction house last week claiming the diaries were stolen property and insisted they should be returned to Anna Nicole’s estate.

The diaries were written between 1992 and 1994, and cover Smith’s marriage to oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall II. Entries were sporatic and honest; On June 13, 1992, she wrote that she was hung over and watched a movie at home, adding that she “Took a Zandrex!”. I think she meant Xanax :)

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