Millions for Marilyn Fail to Materialize - Crypt Goes Unsold

I've always wondered whether people buy things in the heat of an auction that they later come to regret. That may be the case with the attempts to sell the crypt directly above Marilyn Monroe's in a Hollywood mausoleum - the eBay auction has failed for a second time.

Even though several bidders pre-qualified, and even though some guy in Japan bid $4.6 million the first time and then reneged because oif "paying problems," the widow whose husband currently occupies the crypt will not be evicting him just yet.

I just have to think that in this economy, even people with millions to spend are thinking twice about buying something they can't enjoy until they're dead.

Image of Monroe in a Miami art exhibit/by Gustavo Caballero, Getty Images